Infection Control Today - Strep Infections

At-Risk Newborns Don't Need Blood Tests to Screen for Group B Strep

For newborn infants at risk of infection with group B streptococcal (GBS) bacteria, screening blood tests cause extra pain and anxiety—without increasing detection of early-onset GBS disease, reports a study in the October issue of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. ...More

October 24, 2011

Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens

Think Locally When Treating Individually for Communicable Diseases

By taking local biosurveillance data into account when assessing patients for communicable diseases, doctors may be able to make better diagnostic decisions, according to researchers at Children's Hospital Boston. For instance, in the case of strep throat, awareness of ...More

September 20, 2011

Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens

Group B Strep is Still Main Cause of Bacterial Meningitis in Newborns

Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is still the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in newborns, concludes a seven-year French study in the March issue of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. Group B strep remains predominant despite the recent introduction of GBS ...More

March 2, 2011

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Turning Bacteria Against Themselves

Bacteria often attack with toxins designed to hijack or even kill host cells. To avoid self-destruction, bacteria have ways of protecting themselves from their own toxins. Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have described one of these ...More

February 9, 2011

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New Research Traces Evolutionary Path of Multidrug-Resistant Strep Bacteria

Despite penicillin and the dozens of antibiotics that followed it, streptococcus bacteria have remained a major threat to health throughout the world. The reason: the superb evolutionary skills of this pathogen to rapidly alter its genetic makeup. In a landmark paper ...More

January 28, 2011

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Group B Strep Meningitis Still Has Poor Outcomes in Infants

Although now less frequent because of preventive antibiotics, meningitis caused by group B streptococcal (GBS) bacteria is still a serious illness causing a high rate of death and severe complications in infants, reports a study in the November issue of the Pediatric ...More

November 8, 2010

Posted in News

Obsessing Over Strep Throat in Kids

A common infection in children, strep throat can lead to problems with a child’s heart, joints or brain if left untreated. And when the brain is involved, motor and mental functioning may be compromised, leading to syndromes such as attention deficit disorder and ...More

October 20, 2010

Posted in News

Limited Number of Streptococcus Pneumoniae Serotypes Cause Most Invasive Pneumococcal Disease

Contrary to current thinking, the group of serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae responsible for most invasive pneumococcal disease worldwide is conserved across regions. Streptococcus pneumoniae is the leading bacterial cause of pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis in ...More

October 6, 2010

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Non-Antibiotic Anti-infective Successful in Phase 2 Skin Infection Trial

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announces that its lead product candidate was safe and efficacious against the highly contagious skin infection impetigo in a Phase 2a proof-of-concept clinical trial. ...More

July 21, 2010

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Vaccine Reduces Pneumonia and Complications in Infants

A pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduced in the U.S. 10 years ago appears to reduce pneumonia and serious associated complications, such as blood infections, in the vaccine's target range, children less than a year old, according to new research. ...More

July 19, 2010

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