U.S. children’s hospitals and health agencies are monitoring a possible rise in cases of invasive group A strep infections in children, which can cause severe illness and be deadly.
The emergency entrance is seen outside the Memorial Herman Hospital and Children's Memorial Herman hospital system is seen on June 30, 2020, in Houston.
The infections occur when strep A bacteria, which typically causes mild infections like a sore throat, spreads to other parts of the body like the bloodstream or spinal fluid. That can cause “flesh-eating” skin infections, pneumonia, or toxic shock syndrome. The increase in invasive strep A infections might be linked to the ongoing surge in respiratory viruses, said Wassim Ballan, the division chief of infectious diseases at Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Some people carry strep A bacteria in their throat without it causing an infection. But if they’re sick from a virus, the bacteria can invade through the mucous membranes in the nose and throat.
People with invasive group A strep can develop “flesh-eating” skin infections, blood infections, toxic shock syndrome and pneumonia. The condition is usually treated in the hospital with IV antibiotics.Are U.S. children’s hospitals seeing a surge? Texas is seeing a similar increase in cases. Texas Children’s Hospital treated over 60 cases during October and November, Jim Versalovic, the hospital’s pathologist in chief, told ABC News. That’s over four times the number of cases seen during the same time period in 2021, he said.
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