This young mom gave birth to a healthy baby boy. 2 days later, she was dead from an infection
It was a Friday in January when Celina Klinger started having contractions and went to a London, Ont., hospital to give birth ...
This young mom gave birth to a healthy baby boy. Two days later, she was dead from an infection
It was a Friday in January when Celina Klinger Evans started having contractions and went to the hospital to give birth to a ...
Doctors told 'use antibiotics promptly' as resistant strain of disease detected in England
A new report has been released looking at the infection rate of Group A streptococcal, otherwise known as scarlet fever, this ...
Be On The Lookout For This Surprising Symptom Of Strep Throat In Kids
Dr. Janine Zee-Cheng, a board-certified pediatrician in Indiana, told HuffPost that sometimes a child will come in with a ...
Flesh-eating bacteria is on the rise in Canada and 'scaring the living daylights' out of ER doctors
Rapidly spreading, harrowing and potentially lethal, a necrotizing soft tissue infection — so-called flesh-eating disease — ...
New NHS guidelines as 'resistant' scarlet fever strain detected in the UK
A UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) report has looked at the rates of scarlet fever as a seasonal increase in cases has been ...
NHS advises 'use antibiotics quickly' as new 'resistant' strain of infection detected
A report has issued advice to doctors to tell them to use antibiotics early when people get an infection because the results ...
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Flesh-eating bacteria is on the rise in Canada and 'scaring the living daylights' out of ER doctors
The infections are often caused by invasive group A streptococcus, a bacterium that is increasing in Canada and globally, for reasons that remain unclear. Enjoy the latest local, national and ...
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Group B Streptococcal Prosthetic Joint Infections
We report 6 cases of group B streptococcal prosthetic joint infections seen in our institution and review 8 previously reported cases. These 14 patients (6 men and 8 women) had an average age of 69.
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Cephalosporins vs. Penicillin for Group A Strep Pharyngitis
Although group A streptococcus has not developed resistance, antibiotic therapy fails to eradicate the infection in some patients. Many authors have suggested using a cephalosporin as an ...