How Many Diphtheria Vaccines are Currently Licensed in the US?
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Diphtheria is caused by the toxin produced by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Two other Corynebacterium species (C. ulcerans and C. pseudotuberculosis) may produce diphtheria toxin; both species are zoonotic. Diphtheria is spread by respiratory droplets and also contact with open ulcers or sores. Incubation period is 1-10 days with a usual period of 2-5 days. The bacteria attacks the respiratory tract mucosa causing cellular death which in turn causes a “pseudomembrane” of tissue to build up causing respiratory distress and possible death due to airway obstruction (5-10% for general population but up to...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - September 25, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Severe Strep Infections Rebound After Pandemic Lull Severe Strep Infections Rebound After Pandemic Lull
Severe infections caused by group A streptococcus bacteria are on the rise in countries around the world, including the United States.WebMD Health News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - June 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
From ECCMID: New Anti-Viral and Bacterial Drugs of Interest From ECCMID: New Anti-Viral and Bacterial Drugs of Interest
Infectious disease expert Dr Paul Auwaerter discusses news from ECCMID, including data on invasive group A streptococcus infections, and the new drugs ensitrelvir, gepotidacin, and sulbactam-durlobactam.Medscape Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - June 5, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases Commentary Source Type: news
Increase in Pediatric Invasive Group A Streptococcus Infections Increase in Pediatric Invasive Group A Streptococcus Infections
A resurgence of invasive group A Streptococcus infection in children and adolescents was observed in two of CDC ' s Emerging Infections Program surveillance sites during fall 2022.Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health & Prevention Journal Article Source Type: news
UKHSA update on scarlet fever and invasive group A strep
Latest data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on scarlet fever and invasive group A streptococcus cases.
16 March 2023Added latest update.
3 March 2023Updated 2017 to 2018 month range. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - March 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pediatric Invasive Group A Streptococcus Infections on the Rise
MONDAY, March 13, 2023 -- From October to December 2022, a resurgence of pediatric invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS) infections occurred, with most cases occurring among those without underlying medical conditions, according to research... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 13, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Notes from the Field: Increase in Pediatric Invasive Group A Streptococcus Infections - Colorado and Minnesota, October-December 2022
This report describes surveillance of a resurgence of invasive group A Streptococcus in children and adolescents in Colorado and Minnesota. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - March 9, 2023 Category: American Health Tags: Adolescent Health Children's Health Group A Strep Infection MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
UKHSA update on scarlet fever and invasive group A strep, UKHSA (updated 3rd March 2023)
Latest data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on scarlet fever and invasive group A strep cases.
3 March 2023Updated 2017 to 2018 month range.
3 March 2023Added latest update. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - March 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Update on scarlet fever and invasive group A strep, UKHSA (updated 16th February 2023)
Latest data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on scarlet fever and invasive group A strep cases.
16 February 2023Added latest update.
3 February 2023Added latest update. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - February 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Flesh-eating Bacteria: 11-year old boy dies after twisting ankle on treadmill. Read what's the disease, how it spreads
The fifth-grade student twisted his ankle while running on the treadmill. Few days after the incident, his leg was covered with large, bruise-like purple and red spots. After examination, he was diagnosed with Group A strep, which later became necrotizing fasciitis, his family said. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - February 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
UKHSA update on scarlet fever and invasive group A strep, UKHSA (updated 3rd February 2023)
Latest data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on scarlet fever and invasive group A strep cases.
3 February 2023Added latest update.
19 January 2023Added latest update. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - February 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Group A Strep's Most Sinister Sequelae
(MedPage Today) -- Credit: NIAID
Arriving in Montana in the 1890s, his Norwegian-American forebears claimed rural homesteads and started to farm. By the mid-20th century, two of his grandparents had died of rheumatic heart disease, which -... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - February 3, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Immunity debt: does it really exist?
Some claim the rise in winter infections has been caused by the reduction of seasonal bugs during lockdowns. But experts are sceptical about these oversimplified explanationsThe deaths of at least 74 people, including 19 children, from the invasive bacterial infection group A streptococcus, orstrep A, are the most extreme consequences of a wave of winter infections that have seemingly left most of the country coughing and sneezing. The parlous state of the nation ’s health has prompted suggestions that we are now paying an “immunity debt” incurred by the reduction of common infections during theCovid-19 lockdowns of ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 14, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Philip Ball Tags: Science Coronavirus Infectious diseases UK news Technology Immunology Microbiology Medical research Vaccines and immunisation Source Type: news
