A 10-year-old male presents with fever,lymphadenopathy,arthralgia,and nose bleeds.He is diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease.When a staff member asks what caused the disease,what is the nurse's most correct response? The most likely cause of this disease is:
A) Congenital heart defects
B) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections
C) Group A ß-hemolytic streptococcus infections
D) Acute pericarditis

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Rheumatic fever is a systemic,inflammatory disease caused by a delayed exaggerated immune response to infection by the group A â-hemolytic streptococcus.
Rheumatic fever is a systemic,inflammatory disease caused by a delayed exaggerated immune response to infection by the group A â-hemolytic streptococcus,not by congenital heart defects.
Rheumatic fever is a systemic,inflammatory disease caused by a delayed exaggerated immune response to infection by the group A â-hemolytic streptococcus,not by HIV infections.
Rheumatic fever is a systemic,inflammatory disease caused by a delayed exaggerated immune response to infection by the group A â-hemolytic streptococcus,not by acute pericarditis.

A 10-Year-Old Male Presents with Fever,lymphadenopathy,arthralgia,and Nose Bleeds