The Israel Medical Association journal : IMAJ
May 1, 2024
BACKGROUND: Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is the predominant bacterial pathogen of pharyngitis in children. However, distinguishing GAS from viral pharyngitis is sometimes difficult. Unnecessary antibiotic use contributes to unwanted side effects, such...
Revista chilena de infectologia : organo oficial de la Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia
Dec 1, 2015
INTRODUCTION: β-hemolytic streptococci (Streptococcus pyogenes) groups A, C or G, secretes streptolysin O, toxin which causes in the infected individual an adaptive humoral immune response with production of serum antibodies called anti-streptolysin ...
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