Although erysipelas is a common bacterial infection - and tends to recur -- it may become serious if left untreated. What Are the Causes of Erysipelas? One of the strains of group A Streptococcus ...

Young Dr. Konrad E. Birkhaug smiled modestly last week in his biological laboratory of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He had succeeded in developing a cure for ...

Since most cellulitis and erysipelas cases are due to group A Streptococcus or Staphylococcus, doctors often use medications that are effective against both types of bacteria, such as: penicillin ...

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 ...

Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO Scarlet fever, or scarlatina, is a bacterial infection that causes a distinctive ...

The Treatment of Sarcoma with the Mixed Toxins of Erysipelas and Bacillus Prodigiosus Author : WILLIAM B. COLEY , M.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published February 6, 1908 ...

Researchers at Harvard Medical School have discovered that a molecule made by Streptococcus pyogenes—the bacterium that causes strep throat and other infections—could help explain several long ...

Strep A is a bacterium known as group A streptococcus, or Streptococcus pyogenes. It is best known for causing a sore throat, so-called strep throat, and scarlet fever. In rare cases, the bacteria… ...

While S. pyogenes infections are still rare, they can kill as many as 20 percent of people who are infected. In 2019, a variant isolated in the UK, the so-called M1UK strep A variant, was shown to ...