A short-cut review was performed to evaluate whether inflammatory markers such as C reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte ... with tonsillitis or pharyngitis without group A streptococcus isolated from ...

Group A strep (GAS) is short for group A streptococcus, a type of bacteria. These bacteria usually live harmlessly on the skin and in the nose and throat. Sometimes they cause mild skin or throat ...

Penicillin is the most commonly recommended therapy for group A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis. Although group A streptococcus has not developed resistance, antibiotic therapy fails to eradicate ...

Strep throat is a disease caused by a tiny ball-shaped type of bacteria (say: bak-TEER-ee-uh) called group A strep. If a kid has strep throat, the doctor will give them medicine called an antibiotic ...

Management of sore throat requires robust decision-making to balance successfully the conflicting risks of unnecessary antibiotic use against those of untreated bacterial infection. We present a case ...

Strep throat is one of the infections caused by group A Streptococcus, group A strep, disease. It can be treated with antibiotics. Other infections from group A strep include mild ones like ...

It's sometimes found in the throat or on the skin ... Very rarely, strep A can also cause something called invasive group A streptococcal infection or iGAS. This can be deadly.

Strep throat (medically known as streptococcal pharyngitis) is an infection that happens when bacteria called Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus) infect your throat and tonsils.

We report 6 cases of group B streptococcal prosthetic joint infections seen in our institution and review 8 previously reported cases. These 14 patients (6 men and 8 women) had an average age of 69.