DEATH FROM HYPERACUTE STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION (STREPTICÆMIA)

Group B streptococcal infection presenting as sudden death in infancy.

Two infants aged 3 and 8 months were found dead in their cots. Postmortem cultures yielded group B streptococci from multiple internal sites, and cytomegalovirus was also isolated from the lungs of one. These cases show the value of microbiological culture in the investigation of sudden infant death.

streptococcal throat infection

Background. Sore throat is very common in general practice and is usually caused by viral infection. Nevertheless, up to 95% of patients may be treated with antibiotics. Previous diagnostic systems have not transferred well from one area to another because of an inability to allow for changing prevalence of streptococcus. Aim. To measure the occurrence rates of symptoms and signs in sore throat...

Streptococcal perianal infection in children.

How common is it? The incidence of perianal infection caused by group A S pyogenes is not known, but since the first case descriptions in 1966 it has been reported in children from around the world. In a US general paediatric practice, perianal streptococcal disease was detected in one consultation per 300, and perineal disease (that is, perianal plus vulvovaginal disease) in one per 200. A 199...

Streptococcal skin infection and acute glomerulonephritis

Scleredema of Buschke Following Streptococcal Infection

478 Ann Dermatol Received July 8, 2014, Revised September 11, 2014, Accepted for publication September 19, 2014 Corresponding author: You Chan Kim, Department of Dermatology, Ajou University School of Medicine, 164 WorldCup-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon 443-380, Korea. Tel: 82-31-219-5190, Fax: 82-31-219-5189, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of th...