Occurrence of Serious Bacterial Infections Since Introduction of Antibacterial Agents

Finland, Maxwell; Jones, Wilfred F.; Barnes, Mildred W.

doi:10.1093/ajhp/16.12.734

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“…In the 1930s GAS was the second most common cause of meningitis after pneumococcus. 52 Today, GAS meningitis is uncommon in industrialised countries, but it remains common in children in developing countries, particularly in young infants and neonates. 44,53 In children, approximately 50% of patients have a distant primary focus of infection, usually pharyngotonsillitis.…”

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Group A streptococcal infections in children

Steer

Danchin

Carapetis

2007

J Paediatrics Child Health

133

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The group A streptococcus causes the widest range of disease in humans of all bacterial pathogens. Group A streptococcal diseases are more common in children than adults with diseases ranging from pharyngitis and impetigo to invasive infections and the post-streptococcal sequelae--acute rheumatic fever and acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis. The global burden of severe group A streptococcal disease is concentrated largely in developing countries and Indigenous populations such as Aboriginal Australians. Control of group A streptococcal disease is poor in these settings and the need for a vaccine has been argued. With an ever-increasing understanding of the group A streptococcus at a molecular level, new and sophisticated vaccines are currently in human trials and the next decade holds exciting prospects for curbing group A streptococcal diseases.

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Section: Clinical Featuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Group A streptococcal infections in children

Steer

Danchin

Carapetis

2007

J Paediatrics Child Health

133

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“…Septi¬ cemia and visceral infections due to gram-negative species appear to be increasing all over the world. 1 In this paper we are concerned with the pathogenic potentialities of Pseudo¬ monas aeruginosa.…”

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Pseudomonas Infection in Superhydrated Skin

Hojyo-Tomoka¹

1973

Arch Dermatol

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“…Both these types are rare in patients outside th~ neonatal period (Finland et al, 1959;Quaade and Kristensen, 1962); only isolated reports of cases in adults have appeared in recent years (Hempling and Continho, 1971;Perch et al, 1968;Skeel et al, 1969). Streptococcal meningitis has appeared in the newborn, sometimes acquired from the maternal birth canal (Kvittingen, 1968;Rogers, 1970).…”

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confidence: 99%