An aggressive, sometimes deadly strain of streptococcus bacteria — the cause of strep throat infections — has many health experts and parents on edge. Invasive Group A strep is a rare ...

Strep throat is a common bacterial infection that causes swelling and ... now being done for obstructive sleep problems rather than recurring tonsillitis (sore throat). A 2014 review published ...

SDSE infects humans via the skin, throat, gastrointestinal tract and female genital tract to cause infections ranging in severity from strep throat (pharyngitis) to necrotizing fasciitis (flesh ...

Cases of Strep A over England and Wales have been put on a map as deaths from the infection rise to 94, including 21 children under the age of 18. More than two dozen cases of the rare infection ...

We define recurrent vaginal yeast infections as four or more yeast infections in a calendar year. People who have yeast infections, and certainly with recurrent yeast infections, are often very ...

But about one in five women will experience recurrent UTIs, meaning two or more infections in six months, or three or more infections in a year. What is a urinary tract infection (UTI)?

HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. The illness known as HIV/AIDS happens in three stages: acute HIV infection, chronic HIV infection, and AIDS. But the phrase “chronic HIV infection” isn’t ...

Tonsillitis is a condition that occurs when the tonsils become infected, says Dr. James Clark, the co-director of the Johns ...

Tonsillitis and strep are common conditions that cause pain and discomfort in your throat. Tonsillitis is inflammation of the tonsils—the two lymph glands at the back of your throat. This condition ...

Health officials say parents should be aware of an infection called strep A, after children in the UK died from it. Since Covid restrictions eased, there are more opportunities for infections like ...

Strep throat is a common bacterial infection that causes swelling and ... now being done for obstructive sleep problems rather than recurring tonsillitis (sore throat). A 2014 review published ...

We report 6 cases of group B streptococcal prosthetic joint infections seen in our institution and review 8 previously reported cases. These 14 patients (6 men and 8 women) had an average age of 69.