To earn CME related to this news article, click here. March 10, 2009 — Best practices to diagnose and treat streptococcal pharyngitis in the primary care setting are reviewed in an article published ...

February 17, 2011 — For the treatment of streptococcal pharyngitis, specific testing remains important before treatment with an antibiotic, which can entail penicillin or a first-generation ...

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THE importance of Staphylococcus aureus as the etiologic agent in pneumonia complicated by empyema has been emphasized in many recent reviews. 1,2 The problem of pneumonia and empyema secondary to ...

In new guidance, the Infectious Diseases Society of America suggested that clinicians use a scoring system to determine which ...

A sharp rise in group A streptococcal infection and related mortality has been observed among children in the UK in December 2022. A rise in cases has also been observed in other European countries, ...

In a recent study published in the journal Eurosurveillance, researchers investigated the latest increase in cases of invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) infection among children in England below ...

Case 1. A.R., the index patient, a 32-year-old woman, was admitted to the Obstetrical Service on March 11, 1964, because of excessive weight gain and hypertension despite outpatient therapy. Five ...

Considering taking supplements to treat Group b streptococcal colonization? Below is a list of common natural remedies used to treat or reduce the symptoms of Group b streptococcal colonization.

A deadly infection is spreading in Japan at a startling rate, with experts unable to work out why. Streptococcal A, commonly known as Strep A, is known for causing strep throat in children. But a more ...

The genome sequences of two streptococci have implications for both the food industry and infectious disease. In 2001, Bolotin and colleagues published the complete genome sequence of Lactococcus ...