Group A Streptococcus bacteria cause illnesses ranging from mild nuisances like strep throat to life-threatening conditions such as flesh-eating disease, also known as necrotizing fasciitis.

More than a dozen children have died from strep A this season. Here is a quick list of symptoms and other important information. By Derrick Bryson Taylor Health officials in Britain said several ...

Most people think of "strep throat" as a relatively benign infection cured by a round of antibiotics and a few days of rest. But the bacterium that causes strep throat -- Group A Streptococcus -- is ...

Streptococcus pyogenes or invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS) is a major clinical concern around the world, since iGAS infections can quickly escalate into life-threatening conditions such as ...

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 132, No. 1 (Jul., 1975), pp. 20-27 (8 pages) The antibody response of 40 institutionalized children involved in an epidemic associated with asymptomatic ...

Researchers at the University of California (CA, USA) have uncovered a mechanism that allows Group A Streptococcus (GAS) to avoid immune detection, enhancing bacterial virulence and decreasing ...

Officials in Hong Kong are investigating an outbreak of invasive Group B Streptococcus cases linked to handling freshwater fish. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health ...

Researchers have identified handling of freshwater fish as the key risk factor in an outbreak in Hong Kong. Invasive Group B Streptococcus (GBS) infection caused by Sequence Type 283 (ST283) Officials ...

BETA-hemolytic streptococci of Lancefield Group B have been implicated in human disease almost from the time when the precipitin-grouping technic first came into use. 1–3 Since that time additional ...

A 2014 study which investigates the effects of a nasal flu vaccine on bacteria colonization in mice has been mischaracterized online, with some people claiming that it shows the vaccine causes ...