Streptococcus pyogenes, which is often called group A Streptococcus, infects people around the world. While estimates vary, these infections could be responsible for the deaths of over half a million ...

Can you have strep throat without the symptoms? Do you need treatment? Here’s what you need to know. Strep throat commonly occurs with symptoms like a sore throat, fever, difficulty swallowing, and ...

As colder weather blows in, changes in temperature mean it's the season of sore throats. But not all sore throats are made equal — some are caused by viruses while others are caused by bacteria. Such ...

A rare, deadly, flesh-eating bacteria is on the rise in Japan, with hundreds of people infected. Over 1,000 cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) were reported in Japan in the first six ...

THE treatment and care of war wounds is essentially a bacteriological problem, as, indeed, experience in the War of 1914–18 made evident. The chief lethal micro-organisms that are found in infected ...