Rheumatic fever is a common cardiac complication of streptococcal pharyngitis.
Manifestations include carditis, arthritis, chorea, subcutaneous nodules and erythema marginatum. Rheumatic fever is a major cause for vavular heart diseases in developing countries.
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I particularly liked the remarks concerning the taste of penicillin and the clear explanation concerning the Jones criteria.
Concise, Succinct, and "digestible" I now know about scarlet & rheumatic fever in children.