New Insights Into The Burden Of Severe S. Pyogenes Infection Across Europe
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 - 09:35
in Health & Medicine
Researcher have developed new insights into the burden, risk factors and mortality associated with severe S. pyogenes infection in Europe. Diseases caused by the Lancefield group A streptococcus, Streptococcus pyogenes, are amongst the most challenging to clinicians and public health specialists alike. This common bacterium of the throat and skin causes ‘strep throat’, skin infections, scarlet fever, and severe diseases such as pneumonia, septicaemia and necrotising fasciitis.