TY - JOUR AU - Wale, Carla AU - GN, Silva AU - Sulemane, Dalila AU - Lagae, Lieven PY - 2022/03/13 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Treatment of Sydenham Chorea in Mozambique JF - Journal of the International Child Neurology Association JA - JICNA VL - 1 IS - 1 SE - Case Reports and Series DO - 10.17724/jicna.2022.187 UR - https://jicna.org/index.php/journal/article/view/187 SP - AB - <p><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p><p><strong>Background</strong></p><p>Sydenham Chorea remains a common disease entity in developing countries. There is a need for a structured treatment protocol and adequate follow up in these countries.</p><p><strong>Methods</strong></p><p>In this study 23 patients form the Maputo Central Hospitals (MCH), and diagnosed with Sydenham Chorea, were treated with a standardized protocol (penicillin and prednisone in the acute phase and monthly benzathine penicillin in the follow up).</p><p><strong>Results</strong></p><p>With this treatment protocol 82 % of patients became symptom free. In 4 a recurrence was seen during follow up and this could be explained by low treatment compliance during the follow up.</p><p><strong>Conclusions</strong></p><p>With a standard treatment protocol, the majority of patients are cured. To avoid recurrences of SC, better follow up program should be advocated.</p> ER -