Conclusions: Perineal streptococcal dermatitis initially treated with penicillin or amoxicillin is consistently associated with a high risk of clinical recurrence. Whether treatment with a beta ...

Guttate psoriasis is strongly associated with a preceding or concurrent group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal ... The skin eruption is believed to represent an immune reaction to the infection.

An aggressive, sometimes deadly strain of streptococcus bacteria — the cause of strep throat infections — has many ... the throat and into the blood, skin and lungs, leading to septic shock ...

Hyderabad: Doctors are raising concern over cases of scarlet fever among children. It is a bacterial infection that usually ...

Long-term therapy with penicillin is recommended, as re-infection with group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus can cause a serious recurrence. See the review on mitral valve stenosis for treatment ...

Two separate tests for antibiotic susceptibility will performed. These tests are used to differentiate between alpha and beta hemolytic organisms. Alpha hemolytic organisms (Streptococcus pneumoniae ...

Beta-hemolytic streptococcal infections: treat for at least 10 days ... polyarthritis, severe skin reactions (eg, toxic epidermal necrolysis, erythema multiforme, drug reaction with eosinophilia ...