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Health benefits of combined oral contraceptives - a narrative review
CONCLUSIONS: The use of combined oral contraceptives is accompanied with a range of health benefits, to be balanced against its side-effects and risks. Several health benefits of COCs are a reason for non-contraceptive COC prescription.PMID:38426312 | DOI:10.1080/13625187.2024.2317295 (Source: The European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care)
Source: The European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care - March 1, 2024 Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Herjan J T Coelingh Bennink Femke A M van Gennip Mireille G F Gerrits Jan F M Egberts Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson Helena Kopp-Kallner Source Type: research

Streptococcal infection and autoimmune diseases
Excessive activation of immune cells by environmental factors, such as infection or individual genetic risk, causes various autoimmune diseases. Streptococcus species are gram-positive bacteria that colonize the nasopharynx, respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, genitourinary tract, and skin. Group A Streptococcus (GAS) species cause various symptoms, ranging from mild infections, such as tonsillitis and pharyngitis, to serious infections, such as necrotizing fasciitis and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. The contribution of GAS infections to several autoimmune diseases, including acute rheumatic fever, vasculitis,...
Source: Frontiers in Immunology - February 23, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: research

The associations between invasive group A streptococcal disease and infection with influenza, varicella or hepatitis C viruses: A data linkage study, Victoria, Australia
Invasive group A streptococcal disease (iGAS) is a rare and life-threatening infection. It occurs when group A Streptococcus bacteria (GAS, Streptococcus pyogenes) invade otherwise sterile sites of the body, such as the blood and cerebrospinal fluid.[1] Globally, it is estimated that 15 –25% of iGAS cases are fatal.[1] Severe manifestations such as sepsis, streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) and necrotising fasciitis have higher case fatality rates, even in well-resourced settings.[1, 2] iGAS is managed with antibiotics, and often requires surgery and supportive care for or gan dysfunction.[2] However, patients fre...
Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - February 20, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Jessie J. Goldsmith, Christy Vu, Ziheng Zhu, Jennifer MacLachlan, Tilda N. Thomson, Patricia Therese Campbell, Katherine B. Gibney Source Type: research

Epidemiological shifts in and impact of COVID-19 on streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in Japan: A genotypic analysis of Group A Streptococcus isolates
Group A Streptococcus (GAS, Streptococcus pyogenes) strains cause pharyngitis, tonsillitis, skin and soft tissue infections, bacteremia, and scarlet fever. Since the late 1980s, streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) caused by GAS infection has been a major health problem in several countries [1 –5]. The characteristic symptoms progress rapidly and are fulminant from disease onset. Patients can develop necrotizing fasciitis, acute kidney failure, acute respiratory distress syndrome, disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, and multi-organ failure within a few hours of disease onset, leadi ng to shock and even death. (...
Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - February 19, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tadayoshi Ikebe, Rumi Okuno, Yumi Uchitani, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Junko Isobe, Emi Maenishi, Yoshimi Date, Hitoshi Otsuka, Yu Kazawa, Shohei Fujita, Ayaka Kobayashi, Mami Takano, Shinya Tsukamoto, Yoshiko Kanda, Makoto Ohnishi, Yukihiro Akeda, The Working G Source Type: research

Development of a multiple cross displacement amplification combined with nanoparticles-based biosensor assay for rapid and sensitive detection of Streptococcus pyogenes
S. pyogenes, is a primary pathogen that leads to pharyngitis and can also trigger severe conditions like necrotizing fasciitis and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS), often resulting in high mortality rate... (Source: BMC Microbiology)
Source: BMC Microbiology - February 7, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Zhiqian Dou, Ling Xie, Meiling Gao and Dexi Liu Tags: Research Source Type: research