A 32-year-long surveillance study led by Sinai Health in Toronto has found that serious infections caused by group A ...

The rare flesh-eating condition is known as periorbital necrotizing soft tissue infection, and is caused by either polymicrobial infection or streptococcus pyogenes and/or staphylococcus species ...

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Molecular changes to Group A Streptococcus pyogenes underlie a post-pandemic surge of coinfections in children with a respiratory diagnosis.

In their experiments, the scientists say Streptococcus pyogenes bacteria (which cause strep throat) take advantage of a class of phages known as temperate phages, which can either kill cells or become ...

A new study published in Nature Communications reveals a novel approach to mitigating tissue damage caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, the flesh-eating bacterium responsible for severe infections ...

A new study reveals a novel approach to mitigating tissue damage caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, the flesh-eating bacterium responsible for severe infections such as necrotizing fasciitis.

Three men have been struck down by a rare flesh-eating bug - with one of them dead as a result of the horrifying condition. All three of the patients, aged 47, 65 and 81, are thought to have ...