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Group A Streptococcus Brain Abscess in a Patient on Adalimumab Therapy

Marshall Journal of Medicine, 2019
Brain abscesses represent a group of dangerous infections typically caused by a number of classic organisms. Group A Streptococcus is a rare cause of brain abscesses and those patients that do have this particular condition will typically have a distal ...
Ryan Carroll, Ahmad Abu-Hashyeh, James Gainer, Kara Willenburg, Charles Meadows   +4 more
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Long-term trends in the incidence of peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis disclose an increasing relevance of streptococcal infections: A longitudinal study.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundThe selective impact of strategies for prevention of PD-related peritonitis (PDrP) may have modified, in the long term, the causal spectrum, clinical presentation and outcomes of these infections.ObjectivesTo compare trends in the incidence of ...
Joana Eugénio Santos, Catuxa Rodríguez Magariños, Leticia García Gago, Daniela Astudillo Jarrín, Sonia Pértega, Ana Rodríguez-Carmona, Teresa García Falcón, Miguel Pérez Fontán   +7 more
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Streptococcal Infections in Marine Mammals

Microorganisms, 2021
Marine mammals are sentinels for the marine ecosystem and threatened by numerous factors including infectious diseases. One of the most frequently isolated bacteria are beta-hemolytic streptococci.
Daniela Numberger, Ursula Siebert, Marcus Fulde, Peter Valentin-Weigand   +3 more
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Puerperal Group A Streptococcal Infections: A Case Series and Discussion

Case Reports in Medicine, 2013
Puerperal group A streptococcal infections, a major postpartum killer during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, have become (fortunately) rare. We describe a cluster of 4 serious peripartum group A streptococcal infections occurring within the past ...
Mary T. Busowski, Melissa Lee, John D. Busowski, Kauser Akhter, Mark R. Wallace   +4 more
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Genomic Surveillance of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus pyogenes in the Czech Republic in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Proceedings
Aim: The aim of this study is to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the incidence and molecular epidemiology of invasive infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (IPD) and Streptococcus pyogenes (iGAS) in the Czech Republic (CR) [...]
Sandra Vohrnová, Renáta Veselá, Jana Kozáková   +2 more
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PANDAS – a rare but severe disorder associated with streptococcal infections; Awareness is needed

Acta Oto-Laryngologica Case Reports, 2023
PANDAS is an acronym for ‘paediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections’ and is defined as a subgroup of PANS, ‘Paediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome’.
Karin Frånlund, Charbél Talani
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Comparison of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates occurring in optochin-susceptible and optochin-resistant variants by analyzing whole-genome sequencing data

Microbiology Spectrum
The paper presents the study of a set of isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae, which comprised two heterogeneous subpopulations, one of which was susceptible and the other resistant to optochin.
Sandra Vohrnová, Jana Kozáková, Michal Honskus   +2 more
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Throat infections and use of streptococcal antigen test and antibiotic treatment in general practice; a web-based survey

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2022
Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the use of streptococcal antigen tests and antibiotic prescription in general practice in Norway in relation to the national guidelines for sore throat.Design This study was based on a web-based survey ...
Hanne Puntervoll, Pål Jenum, Sigurd Høye, Mette Tollånes   +3 more
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Endolysins against Streptococci as an antibiotic alternative

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Multi-drug resistance has called for a race to uncover alternatives to existing antibiotics. Phage therapy is one of the explored alternatives, including the use of endolysins, which are phage-encoded peptidoglycan hydrolases responsible for bacterial ...
Kuan Yee Wong, Megat Hamzah Megat Mazhar Khair, Adelene Ai-Lian Song, Mas Jaffri Masarudin, Chou Min Chong, Lionel Lian Aun In, Michelle Yee Mun Teo   +6 more
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The prognosis of streptococcal prosthetic bone and joint infections depends on surgical management—A multicenter retrospective study

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background: The optimal treatment of streptococcal prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) is unclear. Methods: A cohort of streptococcal PJIs was reviewed retrospectively in seven reference centers for the management of complex bone and joint infections ...
Rafael Mahieu, Vincent Dubée, Valérie Seegers, Carole Lemarié, Séverine Ansart, Louis Bernard, Gwenaël Le Moal, Nathalie Asseray, Cédric Arvieux, Céline Ramanantsoa, Hélène Cormier, Erick Legrand, Pierre Abgueguen   +12 more
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