The Centers for Disease Control said it has been monitoring a strain of strep throat known as Group A streptococcus in children. The strain was flagged by health officials in Colorado and Minnesota in ...

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is monitoring an increase in invasive group A Streptococcus infections in children. “Group A streptococcal disease is a group of conditions caused by a ...

Japan has been experiencing a dramatic rise in cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS), according to the country's National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) and as reported in the ...

The role of host genetic factors in conferring predisposition or protection in infectious diseases has become evident. Infection with group A streptococci causes a wide spectrum of disease ranging ...

A large population-based cohort study from Sweden has found that prenatal exposure to antibiotics was associated with an ...

Rheumatic heart disease is a serious complication of Group A Streptococcus infection. It can cause damage to the valves in your heart and may cause severe heart problems in the future. Rheumatic heart ...

Streptococci is the name given to a very large family of bacteria. The most important group of these is the beta haemolytic streptococcus (streptococcus pyogenes) which causes most of the ...