Primarily affects school age children 2-6 weeks after strep pharyngitis
Is not associated with impetigo
Connective tissue of heart, joints, CNS, subcutaneous tissues are targeted by immune reaction
Is not associated with impetigo
Acute rheumatic fever
Scarlet fever
Kawasaki disease
Kawasaki Disease
Mitral regurgitation
Viral or other forms of cardiomyopathy
Lyme disease
Leukemia