Penicillin is the most commonly recommended therapy for group A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis. Although group A streptococcus has not developed resistance, antibiotic therapy fails to eradicate ...

Acute rheumatic fever should be considered in patients with recent pharyngitis and migratory polyarthritis ... clinicians should consider confirming Group A Streptococcus infection (by throat culture, ...

The first is clinical, which involves the difficulty in distinguishing streptococcal pharyngitis or strep throat from other, more common causes of throat infections that are mostly viral.

Objectives: To evaluate reports that describe relapse or recurrence following treatment of perineal streptococcal dermatitis (PSD), we studied a large cohort of children with these perianal or ...

The number of patients with fulminant streptococcal toxic shock syndrome ... streptococcus and group B streptococcus. Group A causes pharyngitis (strep throat), an epidemic that spreads mainly ...