Acute heart drugs should be reconsidered for Maori and Pacific Islanders
Monday, May 23, 2011 - 10:01
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at the University of Otago, New Zealand, say standard medication used for acute heart disease should be reconsidered for some Maori and Pacific Island patients because of drug resistance caused by high rates of Group A streptococcal infection, the same infection which leads to rheumatic fever.
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