Posted: July 24th, 2017
A 12-year-old girl is admitted to the hospital
because of marked shortness of breath, an
erythematous rash, and painful, swollen hip and
knee joints. She is agitated. A chest x-ray shows
an enlarged heart and changes consistent with
pulmonary edema. Intractable congestive heart
failure develops, and she dies on the second
hospital day. This child most likely had a recent
history of which of the following?
(A) Cyanosis with chest pain
(B) Jaundice
(C) Meningitis
(D) Pharyngitis
(E) Skin infection
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