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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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Zebrafish and Streptococcal Infections [PDF]

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, 2015
AbstractStreptococcal bacteria are a versatile group of gram‐positive bacteria capable of infecting several host organisms, including humans and fish. Streptococcal species are common colonizers of the human respiratory and gastrointestinal tract, but they also cause some of the most common life‐threatening, invasive infections in humans and ...
A, Saralahti, M, Rämet
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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]

, 2009
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.
Adam Jenney, E. Kim Mullholland, Batzloff, M, Steer, AC, Jonathan R. Carapetis, Kado, Joseph, Carapetis, JR, Good, Michael F, Carapetis, Jonathan R., Waqatakirewa, L, Jenney, A, Mullholland, E Kim, Jenney, Adam, Kado, J, Steer, Andrew C., Carapetis, Jonathan R, Andrew C. Steer, Good, Michael F., Lepani Waqatakirewa, Good, MF, Waqatakirewa, Lepani, Steer, Andrew C, Joseph Kado, Michael Batzloff, Michael F. Good, Mullholland, EK, Batzloff, Michael, Kim Mullholland, E.   +27 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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Neonatal streptococcal infections [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1977
SummaryMost serious neonatal streptococcal infections are caused by group-B streptococci. The pattern of serious group-B neonatal disease in Britain resembles that described in other countries; both "early-onset" and "late-onset" forms are seen, but reliable incidence rates have not yet been determined.
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Preventive strategies for group B streptococcal and other bacterial infections in early infancy: cost effectiveness and value of information analyses [PDF]

, 2007
Objective: To determine the cost effectiveness of strategies for preventing neonatal infection with group B streptococci and other bacteria in the UK and the value of further information from research.
Asseburg, C, Ades, A.E., Asseburg, C., Gilbert, RE, Claxton, Karl, Ades, A. E., Asseburg, Christian, Gilbert, R.E., Philips, Z., Gilbert, Ruth E., Welton, N.J., Colbourn, T.E., Claxton, K, Philips, Zoe, Bojke, L, Colbourn, TE, Welton, NJ, Welton, Nicky J., Ades, AE, Colbourn, Tim E., Bojke, L., Claxton, K., Philips, Z, Bojke, Laura   +23 more
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