Streptococcal Disease

Streptococcal disease is caused by a bacteria known as group A beta-haemolytic streptococcus. It is a common infection that can occasionally lead to serious complications such as rheumatic fever and kidney disease. Group A streptococcus can also cause flesh eating disease but this is extremely rare. Streptococcal skin infection (Impetigo) is usually superficial but may later cause kidney disease.

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Reviewed January 2008


 


 

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Title:   Streptococcal infection  group A
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Streptococcal infection - group A is also known as streptococcal disease. It is caused by a bacterium known as Group A (beta-haemolytic) Streptococcus. It can cause sore throat (pharyngitis), scarlet fever or serious complications in rare cases.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Scarlet fever
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Scarlet fever is a serious disease of childhood which can have long lasting effects.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Streptococcal infection - group B
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Group B streptococcal bacteria can cause a wide range of illnesses. One to four out of every 1,000 newborns contract group B streptococcal infection (GBS) from their mothers during childbirth. Life-threatening complications include blood poisoning and pneumonia.
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Group B streptococcus and pregnancy
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Group B streptococcus (group B strep) is a common bacterium that is found in the body. It is usually harmless in adults. Sometimes, however, a woman who has group B strep can infect her baby during delivery.
Date:   Jul 2006
Title:   Vulval disease in childhood
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Prepubertal girls with vulvovaginitis usually have a dermatological problem. Most vulval disease in children can be diagnosed on history and examination alone and no investigation, except for a bacterial swab, is required.
Date:   Aug 2005
Title:   Vaginal chlorhexidine during labour to prevent early-onset neonatal group B streptococcal infection
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   A woman's vagina normally contains numerous bacteria that mostly pose no problems to her or to her baby. However, very occasionally a baby picks up an infection during birth, and GBS (group B streptococcal) infection can cause severe illness in babies a...
Date:   Apr 2004
Title:   Intramuscular penicillin for the prevention of early onset group B streptococcal infection in newborn infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Group-B Streptococcus (GBS) is a common bacteria which can be passed from the mother to the newborn and can lead to infection in the first week of life (neonatal Early Onset Group-B Streptococcal Disease or EOGBSD). Although rare, (approximately one per...
Date:   Jan 2004
Title:   Antibiotic resistance
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Fact sheet on antibiotic resistance: background; Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus (VRE) - the disease and its agent, transmission, possible links to antibiotic use in animals; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus - the disease and its agent; control of the spread of VRE and MRSA; surveillance and reporting.
Date:   Apr 2002
Title:   Antistreptococcal interventions for guttate and chronic plaque psoriasis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Psoriasis, a disease which produces scaly pink patches on the skin, often gets worse after a bacterial throat infection or tonsillitis. When someone with psoriasis has a throat infection, antibiotics are sometimes used in an attempt to prevent this fro...
Date:   Jan 2000
Title:   Intrapartum antibiotics for Group B streptococcal colonisation
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Group B streptococcal infection is common in pregnant women without causing harm. However it is also a significant cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality.
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