Beginning in the mid-1980s, an epidemic of severe invasive infections caused by Streptococcus pyogenes (S. pyogenes), also known as group A streptococcus (GAS), occurred in the United States, Europe, ...

Reviews of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 9, Supplement 5. Perspectives on Bacterial Pathogenesis and Host Defense (Sep. - Oct., 1987), pp. S475-S481 (7 pages) It is now recognized that bacteria bind to ...

Beta-hemolytic group A streptococcus or Streptococcus pyogenes, a gram-positive human pathogen that habitually colonizes the throat or skin of the host, is a cause of streptococcal pharyngitis – more ...

Osaka, Japan - A group of researchers led by The University of Osaka have identified a novel genetic mutation in Streptococcus pyogenes, a common bacterium which causes strep throat, significantly ...

Griffith University researchers have unlocked one of the secrets as to why some forms of Strep A are associated with severe invasive infection. Invasive Strep A diseases are responsible for more than ...

Streptococcus pyogenes, which is often called group A Streptococcus, infects people around the world. While estimates vary, these infections could be responsible for the deaths of over half a million ...

An under-recognized strep bacterium is causing a growing number of serious infections in Australia, with First Nations Australians disproportionately affected, according to new research published in ...

Coordinating the sort of full-spectrum analysis more commonly deployed in cancer research, scientists based at Houston Methodist examined flesh-eating strains of Streptococcus pyogenes both ...

Streptococcus pyogenes (beta-hemolytic group A streptococcus) represent the most common bacterial cause of tonsillopharyngitis that necessitates antibiotic therapy. Regardless of its widespread ...