Does your child have strep throat, or is it just a common cold? It's challenging but important for parents to understand the differences in throat infections in kids. Pediatrician Cindy Gellner, MD, ...
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Think your child might have strep throat? On Monday, test results became quicker and more reliable. Mayo Clinic announced it has begun using a new strep A test that gives results much sooner than the ...
Streptococcus pyogenes or Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is a pathogenic bacteria that causes both invasive and non-invasive infections resulting in mild to severe life-threatening disease. Laboratory ...
Most sore throats aren't strep. But because strep bacteria can in rare cases cause rheumatic fever, people often feel like they should get tested for possible strep infection. It might be possible to ...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are about 20,000 to 27,000 cases of invasive group A strep each year in the United States, which results in about 1,800 to ...
As children from all over Middle Tennessee begin to settle back into a school routine this time of year, parents all over Middle Tennessee begin to worry about their children catching something and ...
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