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A Vaccine Against Group B Streptococcus: Recent Advances [PDF]

, 2020
Group B streptococcus (GBS) causes a high burden of neonatal and infant disease globally. Implementing a vaccine for pregnant women is a promising strategy to prevent neonatal and infant GBS disease and has been identified as a priority by the World ...
Carreras-Abad, C, Heath, PT, Le Doare, K, Ramkhelawon, L   +3 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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Lactoferrin: a critical mediator of both host immune response and antimicrobial activity in response to streptococcal infections.

ACS Infectious Diseases, 2020
Streptococcal species are gram positive bacteria responsible for a variety of infections including pneumonia, meningitis, endocarditis, erysipelas, necrotizing fasciitis, periodontitis, skin and soft tissue infections, chorioamnionitis, funisitis, and ...
Jacky Lu, Jamisha D. Francis, Ryan S. Doster, K. Haley, Kelly M. Craft, Rebecca E. Moore, Schuyler A. Chambers, D. Aronoff, K. Osteen, S. Damo, S. Manning, Steven D. Townsend, J. Gaddy   +12 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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Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (Review)

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 2020
Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS) are clinically characterized by the sudden onset of obsessive-compulsive manifestations, motor and verbal tics, as well as other behavioral symptoms in a ...
D. Dop, I. Marcu, R. Pădureanu, C. Niculescu, V. Pădureanu   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Staphylococcal and streptococcal infections

Medicine, 2001
Staphylococcal and streptococcal infections are common infectious diseases and can range from mild, superficial skin infections to severe, life-threatening systemic infections. Staphylococcus aureus, group A streptococcus, and Streptococcus pneumoniae are the three major pathogens.
M.E. Török, M.E. Török, Nicholas P. J. Day, Nicholas P. J. Day   +3 more
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Streptococcal infections [PDF]

Jornal de Pediatria, 1999
OBJECTIVES: To review the main diseases caused by the different strains of streptococcus, and to discuss the practical aspects of clinical diagnosis and the range of therapeutic treatments. METHODOLOGY: A review of the literature and a selection of the most meaningful themes for the pediatricians.
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Prospective surveillance of invasive group a streptococcal disease, Fiji, 2005-2007. [PDF]

, 2001
We undertook a prospective active surveillance study of invasive group A streptococcal (GAS) disease in Fiji over a 23-month period, 2005-2007. We identified 64 cases of invasive GAS disease, which represents an average annualized all-ages incidence of 9.
Andrew C. Steer, Adam Jenney, Joseph Kado, Michael F. Good, Michael Batzloff, Lepani Waqatakirewa, E. Kim Mullholland, Jonathan R. Carapetis, Steer, Hoge, Carapetis, Lamagni, O'Brien, Li, O’Loughlin, Steer, Beall, Berkley, Norton, Carapetis, Zimmet, Collins, Finger, Tiu, O'Grady, Zurawski, Tyrrell, Eriksson, Bessen, Wagner, Sharma, Bisno, Kotloff, McNeil   +33 more
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From the microbiome to the central nervous system, an update on the epidemiology and pathogenesis of bacterial meningitis in childhood [version 1; referees: 3 approved] [PDF]

, 2017
In the past century, advances in antibiotics and vaccination have dramatically altered the incidence and clinical outcomes of bacterial meningitis. We review the shifting epidemiology of meningitis in children, including after the implementation of ...
Janowski, Andrew B, Newland, Jason G
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