Acute rheumatic fever is a type II hypersensitivity reaction that is a consequence of pharyngeal infection with group A strep (Streptococcus pyogenes), aka strep throat. It is not a direct effect of the bacteria (occurs 2-3 weeks after the infectioin), but is immune mediated. It occurs in a small fraction of untreated cases of strep throat.

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