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 ...

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.

A sore throat is a symptom of many infections and some chronic conditions. If your sore throat is severe and unrelenting and causes spots to appear on the roof of your mouth or tonsils, you should see ...

Group B streptococcal prosthetic joint infections appear to be difficult to eradicate. Only 2 cases were cured, defined as no recurrence of infection within the first year after treatment.

In most cases, guttate psoriasis is triggered by group A Streptococcus (group A strep) bacterial infections, such as strep throat. Guttate psoriasis usually is a non-chronic type of psoriasis.

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 ...

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 ...

The following is a summary of “Serological responses to target Streptococcus pyogenes vaccine antigens in patients with proven invasive beta-haemolytic streptococcal infections,” published in the ...