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Amoxicillin for the secondary prevention of rheumatic fever in children not allergic to penicillin

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Ken Sprenger, Medeshni Annamalai, Jeroen van Lobenstein, Ebrahim G M Hoosen

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Ken Sprenger, Stanger Regional Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Medeshni Annamalai, Stanger Regional Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Jeroen van Lobenstein, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Stanger Regional Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Ebrahim G M Hoosen, Paediatric Cardiology, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Durban, South Africa; University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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Amoxicillin; Rheumatic fever; Penicillin; Allergy

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South African Medical Journal 2016;106(4):317. DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.2016.v106i4.10711

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Date submitted: 2016-02-24
Date published: 2016-03-17

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