Causative organism of rheumatic fever ?: (A) Group A Streptococci, (B) Staphylococci, (C) Group B Streptococci, (D) Group D Streptococci
Answer is A. Ans. is 'a' i.e., Group A StreptococciRheumatic fever :?Rheumatic fever (RF) is an acute, immunologically mediated, multisystem inflammatory disease classically occurring a few weeks after an episode of group A streptococcal pharyngitis; occasionally, RF can follow streptococcal infections at other sites, such as the skin.