Invasive Streptococcus pyogenes Infection After Varicella

[Streptococcus pyogenes infection in paediatrics: from pharyngotonsillitis to invasive infections].

BACKGROUND Streptococcus pyogenes or Group A Streptococci (GAS) cause many infections in infancy. Changes in its epidemiology have been described in recent years, including an increase in invasive infections (iGAS). METHODS A retrospective-descriptive study was conducted on children less than 15 years old, with GAS infections, in particular iGAS, and their complications from February 2004-Apr...

Predictors of death after severe Streptococcus pyogenes infection.

An evaluation of the relative importance of host and pathogen factors on the survival rate of patients with invasive Streptococcus pyogenes infection found a number of clinical and demographic factors to be associated with risk for death. Some evidence suggested a seasonal pattern to patient survival rate.

Streptococcus pyogenes meningitis after myelography.

Streptococcus pyogenes strains associated with invasive and non-invasive infections present possible links with emm types and superantigens

Objective(s): Streptococcus pyogenes, a notorious human pathogen is responsible to cause a wide range of infections varies from superficial common clinical illness to severe and life threatening infections. To our knowledge this is the first report exploring the emm types and superantigen/exotoxin gene profile of S. pyogenes from Pakistan. Materials a...

Abdominal aorta infection by Streptococcus pyogenes.

A 63-year old patient with acute abdominal pain, nausea and temperature (38.8°C) was admitted to emergency; 4/4 haemocultures were positive for Streptococcus pyogenes. Computed tomography scan revealed a suspicion of an abdominal aorta infection with infiltration of surrounding tissue (Fig. 1). Diagnosis was confirmed by fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET)–CT scan (Fig. 2).