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Evaluation of step-down oral antibiotic therapy for uncomplicated streptococcal bloodstream infections on clinical outcomes

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2022
Background: Despite the severity and frequency of streptococcal bloodstream infections (BSIs), the effectiveness of oral definitive therapy remains unknown.
Amy Kang, Richard Beuttler
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Protocol for the systematic review of the epidemiology of superficial Streptococcal A infections (skin and throat) in Australia

PLoS ONE, 2021
Objective We have produced a protocol for the comprehensive systematic review of the current literature around superficial group A Streptococcal infections in Australia.
Sophie Wiegele, Elizabeth McKinnon, Rosemary Wyber, Katharine Noonan   +3 more
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Population genetics of group B Streptococcus from maternal carriage in an ethnically diverse community in London

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
IntroductionMaternal immunization against Group B Streptococcus (GBS) has the potential to significantly reduce the burden of neonatal GBS infections.
Dorota Jamrozy, Guduru Gopal Rao, Guduru Gopal Rao, Theresa Feltwell, Theresa Lamagni, Priya Khanna, Androulla Efstratiou, Julian Parkhill, Stephen D. Bentley   +8 more
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Recurrent group G Streptococcus bacteremia: A case report and literature review

Clinical Case Reports, 2022
Streptococci group G is an important opportunistic pathogen and causes a wide variety of infections, including pharyngitis, skin and soft tissue infections, bacteremia, endocarditis, septic arthritis, intra‐abdominal infections, meningitis, and ...
Haider Ghazanfar, Zaheer Qureshi, Harika Kalangi, Subhan Ata, Abhilasha Jyala, Esther Arguello Perez   +5 more
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Streptococcal Infections of Fish

EDIS, 2006
This document reviews streptococcal infections in fish, focusing on their identification, impacts, and management strategies. Streptococcus, a Gram-positive bacterium, causes significant mortality in various fish species, with symptoms including erratic
Roy Yanong, Ruth Francis-Floyd
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Characterisation of clinical manifestations and treatment strategies for invasive beta-haemolytic streptococcal infections in a Swiss tertiary hospital

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2020
AIMS OF THE STUDY Invasive streptococcal infections affect more than half a million patients worldwide every year and have a high lethality. Little is known about the epidemiology and microbiological characteristics of streptococcal infections in ...
Andrina Neff, Lionel Chok, Ulrich von Both, Ulrich Matt, Andrea Tarnutzer, Federica Andreoni, Mark van der Linden, Jan A. Plock, Philipp K. Buehler, Silvio D. Brugger, Reto A. Schuepbach, Reinhard Zbinden, Annelies S. Zinkernagel   +12 more
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Septic Arthritis caused by Group A Streptococcus in Newborn: An Unusual Presentation [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2013
Streptococcal sepsis in neonates is a potentially lethal condition. A wide spectrum of clinical presentations has been often reported in Group B Streptococcal infections in neonates.
Sivaraman Umadevi, Arunava Kali, Srirangaraj Sreenivasan, S. Pramodhini, M.V. Pravin Charles   +4 more
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Streptococcal and Staphylococcus aureus prosthetic joint infections: are they really different?

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Staphylococci and streptococci are the most frequent pathogens isolated from prosthetic joint infections (PJIs). The aim of this study was to analyze the outcome of streptococcal and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) PJIs ...
Yousra Kherabi, Valérie Zeller, Younes Kerroumi, Vanina Meyssonnier, Beate Heym, Olivier Lidove, Simon Marmor   +6 more
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Fulminant invasive group A streptococcal infection in children

Инфекция и иммунитет, 2023
Group A streptococcal infections dominate among invasive streptococcal infections, with the major causative agent, Streptococcus pyogenes, being quite stable in the environment and bearing a large number of chromosome encoded pathogenicity factors or ...
S. B. Yatsyshina, M. V. Mamoshina, M. A. Elkina, O. A. Polyaeva, Yu. V. Mikhailova, A. A. Shelenkov, A. E. Egorova, V. V. Maleev   +7 more
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Post-streptococcal antibodies are associated with metabolic syndrome in a population-based cohort. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
Streptococcal infections are known to trigger autoimmune disorders, affecting millions worldwide. Recently, we found an association between post-streptococcal autoantibodies against Protein Disulphide Isomerase (PDI), an enzyme involved in insulin ...
Adi Aran, Ling Lin, Laurel Ann Finn, Karin Weiner, Paul Peppard, Terry Young, Emmanuel Mignot   +6 more
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