The nurse reviews the physician's prescriptions for a child with a streptococcal infection. The physician prescribes an antistreptolysin O titer. Based on this prescription, which of the following would the nurse suspect in the child?
1. Rheumatic fever (RF)
2. Aortic valve disease (AVD)
3. Pulmonic valve disease (PVD)
4. Congestive heart failure (CHF)
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Rationale: A diagnosis of RF is confirmed by the presence of two major manifestations or one major and two minor manifestations from the Jones criteria. Additionally, evidence of a recent streptococcal infection is confirmed by positive antistreptolysin O titer, Streptozyme slide tests, or anti-DNase B assays. An antistreptolysin O titer is not a specific laboratory test for the condi-tions identified in "aortic valve disease (AVD)," "pulmonic valve disease (PVD)," and "conges-tive heart failure (CHF)."
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