Streptococcus pyogenesPharyngitisCephalosporinsAcute DiseaseMacrolidesClindamycinAnti-Bacterial AgentsChildPenicillinsAcute pharyngitis is a common illness in both children and adults, caused by a wide variety of microbial agents. In children, approximately 20% of pharyngitis is caused by group A beta-...
Group a Streptococcus Pharyngitis Oral phenoxymethyl penicillin (penicillin V) 1 15 mg/kg up to 500 mg q12h for 10 days Treatment may be primarily for symptom relief unless high risk of sequelae IM benzathine penicillin G 1 <27 kg: 0.6 MIU once>27 kg: 1.2 MIU once Preferred wher...
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Group A Streptococcus (Strep A) leads to 600,000 deaths and 600 million cases of pharyngitis annually. Although long a promising target for vaccine development, how much funding should be allocated to develop a Strep A vaccine is unclear. We aim to calculate the optimal amount of global spendi...
Group A noun -ˈā : the Lancefield group of beta-hemolytic streptococci that comprises all strains of a species of the genus Streptococcus (S. pyogenes) and that includes the causative agents of pharyngitis, scarlet fever, septicemia, some skin infections (as pyoderma and erysipelas), rheum...
In the 1980s, attention was once again focused on infections caused by group A streptococcus and its sequelae. The most common infections caused by group A streptococcus are pharyngitis and pyoderma, which occur in children particularly.doi:10.1542/pir.32-10-423Angela Revelas...
Keywords: Streptococcal pharyngitis, NAAT, Diagnostics, Antibiotic use Background Acute pharyngitis is a common medical condition that re- sults in an estimated 15 million healthcare visits per year in the United States [1, 2]. Infection with Streptococcus pyogenes (group A beta-hemolytic ...
Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is a ubiquitous pathogen that causes a wide spectrum of human diseases. These include mild conditions such as tonsillitis and impetigo (with over 600 million casesp.a.), to scarlet fever and more severe invasive GAS diseases such as sepsis, toxic shock, and necrot...
Conclusions The high diagnostic accuracy of RNATs may allow their use as stand-alone tests to diagnose group A streptococcus pharyngitis. Based on direct comparisons, RNATs have greater sensitivity than RADTs and equal specificity. Further studies should evaluate RNATs in point-of-care settings. ...
Compared with penicillin, these agents have a much broader spectrum of antimicrobial activity and are considerably more expensive; thus, they cannot be recommended for routine use for this infection. For patients who are having multiple episodes of pharyngitis associated with positive throat cultures (...