It was a Friday in January when Celina Klinger started having contractions and went to a London, Ont., hospital to give birth ...
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.
It was a Friday in January when Celina Klinger Evans started having contractions and went to the hospital to give birth to a ...
Here's what you need to know about Group B strep in pregnancy, including testing, treatment, and how it might impact your ...
Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is a bacterium known for causing a variety of infections, some of which can be severe and life-threatening. Among these, GAS can lead to peritonitis, an inflammation of ...
Dr. Janine Zee-Cheng, a board-certified pediatrician in Indiana, told HuffPost that sometimes a child will come in with a ...
Group A Streptococcus (GAS), scientifically known as Streptococcus pyogenes, is a bacterium that can cause a range of infections, from mild illnesses like strep throat to severe invasive diseases.
The speed at which this bacterial infection can go through her body — it's just scary. Dartmouth boy, 6, died from invasive group A strep (new window) Celina died on Jan. 19. The coroner ...
A report has issued advice to doctors to tell them to use antibiotics early when people get an infection because the results ...
Unfortunately Group A strep infection can be very aggressive and can proceed even in the face of antibiotic treatment," the coroner told Markus. But her husband said she was feeling fine before ...