Jones' criteria

Jones' criteria

Cardiology Criteria for diagnosing acute rheumatic fever, first proposed by TD Jones in 1944, later revised and updated by the Am Heart Assn; ARF is diagnosed with reasonable certainty with 2, or more, major criteria, or 1 major and 2 minor criteria, assuming previous evidence of group A streptococcal infection Jones' Criteria–acute rheumatic fever Major Manifestations • Carditis • Polyarthritis • Chorea (Sydenham's chorea) • Eythema marginatum • Subcutaneous nodules Minor Manifestations  Clinical findings • Arthralgia • Fever  Laboratory findings • ↑ Acute phase reactants • Erythrocyte sedimentation rate • C-reactive protein • Prolonged PR interval Evidence of previous group A streptococcal infection  + Throat culture or rapid streptococcal antigen test ↑ (or rising) streptococcal antibody titer
after JAMA 1992; 268:2069