Factors that affect the clinical course of group A ß-haemolytic streptococcal infections of the hand and upper extremity: A retrospective study

2008 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 153-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher L. Hankins ◽  
Steven Southern
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Upper Extremity ◽  
Clinical Course ◽  
Streptococcal Infections ◽  
Group A

scholarly journals Risk factors, clinical course and outcomes of pregnancy-related group A streptococcal infections: retrospective 13-year cohort study

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 251.e1-251.e4 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Rottenstreich ◽  
S. Benenson ◽  
G. Levin ◽  
G. Kleinstern ◽  
A.E. Moses ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Clinical Course ◽  
Streptococcal Infections ◽  
Group A ◽  
Related Group

scholarly journals 616: Risk factors, clinical course and outcomes of peripartum group A streptococcal infections: A 13-year cohort study

2019 ◽  
Vol 220 (1) ◽  
pp. S408
Author(s):  
Amihai Rottenstreich ◽  
Misgav Rottenstreich ◽  
Shmuel Benenson ◽  
Gabriel Levin ◽  
Geffen Kleinstern ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Clinical Course ◽  
Streptococcal Infections ◽  
Group A

scholarly journals High burden of invasive β-haemolytic streptococcal infections in Fiji

2007 ◽  
Vol 136 (5) ◽  
pp. 621-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. C. STEER ◽  
A. J. W. JENNEY ◽  
F. OPPEDISANO ◽  
M. R. BATZLOFF ◽  
J. HARTAS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Case Fatality Rate ◽  
Case Fatality ◽  
Fatality Rate ◽  
Streptococcal Infections ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
High Burden ◽  
Industrialized Nations ◽  
Invasive Organisms ◽  
Group A

SUMMARYWe undertook a 5-year retrospective study of group A streptococcal (GAS) bacteraemia in Fiji, supplemented by a 9-month detailed retrospective study of β-haemolytic streptococcal (BHS) infections. The all-age incidence of GAS bacteraemia over 5 years was 11·6/100 000. Indigenous Fijians were 4·7 times more likely to present with invasive BHS disease than people of other ethnicities, and 6·4 times more likely than Indo-Fijians. The case-fatality rate for invasive BHS infections was 28%. emm-typing was performed on 23 isolates: 17 different emm-types were found, and the emm-type profile was different from that found in industrialized nations. These data support the contentions that elevated rates of invasive BHS and GAS infections are widespread in developing countries, and that the profile of invasive organisms in these settings reflects a wide diversity of emm-types and a paucity of types typically found in industrialized countries.

Invasive Group A Streptococcal infections in children

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Molla Imaduddin Ahmed ◽  
Rosalind V Saunders ◽  
Srini Bandi
Keyword(s):  
Early Diagnosis ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Streptococcal Infections ◽  
Invasive Group ◽  
Children's Hospital ◽  
Good Outcome ◽  
Children’S Hospital ◽  
Group A

: We reviewed the clinical presentation and management of children with Invasive group A streptococcal infections admitted to our tertiary Children’s Hospital in the last eight years. Our study highlighted the varied symptomatology and management practices in children with iGAS and showed that early diagnosis and prompt initiation of appropriate antibiotics for iGAS can help in resolution of symptoms and good outcome.

scholarly journals A Community-Based Study of the Rate of Beta-Hemolytic Group A Streptococcal Infections in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic School Children

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (01) ◽  
pp. 064-065 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lakshmana Gowda Krishnappa ◽  
Mohammed Ali M Marie ◽  
James John ◽  
Shivannavar Channappa Thippana ◽  
Sangeetha Gopalkrishnan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
School Children ◽  
Streptococcal Infections ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Group A

DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT: GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1965 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 930-932
Author(s):  
Edward A. Mortimer ◽  
Bernard Boxerbaum
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Group ◽  
Oral Therapy ◽  
Accurate Diagnosis ◽  
Diagnosis And Treatment ◽  
Streptococcal Infections ◽  
Benzathine Penicillin ◽  
Throat Culture ◽  
Streptococcal Disease ◽  
Group A ◽  
And Control

In spite of adequate means of therapy, streptococcal disease and its complications continue to present problems to the physician who cares for children. For accurate diagnosis and control of streptococcal disease inexpensive bacteriologic culture facilities are required and the physician must assure himself of the accuracy of the results. To prevent the sequelae of streptococcal occal pharyngitis, therapy sufficient to eradicate the offending organism is required. Optimum therapy of streptococcal infections is intramuscular benzathine penicillin; oral therapy with penicillin or erythromycin should be followed by a throat culture to ensure that the streptococcus has been erdicated.

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