Each year, some 600 million people around the world come down with strep throat. But for some children (and their parents) it's more than an occasional misery. It's a recurring nightmare. Yet, it was unclear why some kids ...
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Got a sore throat? The doctor may write a quick prescription for penicillin or amoxicillin, and with the stroke of a pen, help diminish public health and your own future health by helping bacteria evolve resistance to antibiotics.
Dec 29, 2017
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Group A Streptococcus bacteria—the cause of strep throat and flesh-eating infections—have been well studied for nearly a century. But researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Skaggs School ...
Aug 7, 2017
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New research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham suggests that Fusobacterium necrophorum more often causes severe sore throats in young adults than streptococcus—the cause of the much better known strep throat. ...
Feb 17, 2015
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(Medical Xpress)—Numerous scientific studies have concluded that two common bacteria that cause colds, ear infections, strep throat and more serious infections cannot live for long outside the human body. So conventional ...
Dec 24, 2013
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It's the time of the year for coughs, colds and sore throats. So you might have heard people talk about having a "strep throat."
Jul 24, 2024
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There has been a sharp increase in the number of people in Japan suffering with the rare but dangerous bacterial condition, streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS). According to reports, cases of this potentially fatal ...
Apr 4, 2024
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A jump in the number of people with serious illness caused by group A Streptococcus—also referred to as Streptococcus pyogenes or Strep A—has made headlines recently. There has also been a higher than usual number of ...
Jan 24, 2024
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One in five pregnant women carry Streptococcus agalactiae (group B strep or GBS) in the vaginal tract, which is typically harmless—except when it isn't.
Nov 22, 2023
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Faced with growing reports of inaccurate clinical lab tests, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced that it will for the first time regulate these vital diagnostic tools.
Oct 2, 2023
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