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Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health Physicians Roseville Pediatrics reports a lot of sore throats this week, including moderate numbers of strep throat. They saw an increase in croup cases and ...
THE BANKERS Association of the Philippines (BAP) has partnered with the Bankers Institute of the Philippines (BAIPHIL) to help upskill its member banks’ employees and management. Under the memorandum ...
Separately, a surge in Streptococcus suis infections in the Phrae province has caused 14 confirmed cases and at least two deaths, public health minister Somsak Thepsuthin said. The bacterial ...
Streptococcus pyogenes, a Gram-positive bacterium, is a rare cause of primary peritonitis. Diagnosed on imaging and with positive growth in blood cultures, a case of primary peritonitis caused by S.
An antistreptolysin O titer (ASO) is a blood test used to determine if you've had a recent infection caused by group A streptococcus bacteria. It's not used to diagnose a current strep infection ...
By direct epiglottic culture group G Streptococcus was identified as the pathogen. The presentation and clinical course of epiglottitis caused by each of the beta-hemolytic streptococcal pathogens ...
Streptococcus pneumoniae is the cause of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). CAP is the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S. Streptococcus agalactiae colonizes the vagina and is often ...
Although cold or flu symptoms usually clear up without medical treatment, home remedies may have minimal effects on the symptoms of a bacterial infection, such as strep throat. In this case ...
Objectives: To evaluate reports that describe relapse or recurrence following treatment of perineal streptococcal dermatitis (PSD), we studied a large cohort of children with these perianal or ...