What is Strep A, how is it spread and can it be treated? We give you the facts to help you know what to do if you suspect your child has a Strep A infection Experts say fatalities from Strep A ...

Strep throat is a highly contagious infection caused by group A Streptococcus bacteria (Streptococcus pyogenes); it is common in children but affects adults too. Strep throat symptoms include a sore ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released new estimates suggesting around 846 million people aged between 15 and 49 live with a genital herpes infection. That's equivalent to one in ...

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so your child would have had to be around someone with mono and strep at the right times, got infected, and then show symptoms of both infections at the same time. Or it is possible that one or both ...

A toddler with a Strep A infection was given antibiotics too late after a pharmacist could not issue alternative medication during shortages due to restrictions, a coroner has found. News Analysis ...

Kolkata: The city continues to reel under a spate of respiratory viral and bacterial infections with the ... and bacteria like streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae would remain ...

In the cases studied streptococcal infections during this interval were excluded by cultural and immunologic means, and the possibility that chorea was caused by an intercurrent streptococcal ...

Implementation of evidence-based potentially better practices to decrease nosocomial infections. Pediatrics 2003;111:e519–e533. Tseng YC, Chiu YC, Wang JH, Lin HC, Lin HC, et al. Nosocomial ...

This guide includes an overview of practices for the prevention and management of sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) by healthcare professionals practicing in public health or ...