Caused by the bacterium streptococcus pyogenes, iGAS is associated with streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, necrotizing fasciitis, and high morbidity and mortality. In the study, "Invasive Group A ...

Nursing interventions involve recognizing those patients at risk, reporting these suspicions to the health care provider, monitoring patient vital signs and laboratory values, providing frequent ...

In advanced stages, STSS can cause necrotizing fasciitis — that is, flesh-eating disease — and even organ failure. Patients are typically prescribed antibiotics to treat the infection ...

Unlike regular strep throat, this type can lead to dangerous conditions like necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating disease) or toxic shock syndrome. "Within 24 to 48 hours, you could have very ...

Patients will give a history of minor trauma such as contusion, insect bite, frostbite, chronic leg ulcer, or a surgical incision, and present with severe pain and edema to their health care ...

Also known as "invasive strep," this bug can cause necrotizing fasciitis, a flesh-eating disease, as well as toxic shock syndrome, a sepsis-like infection that can trigger organ failure.

This invasion can trigger life-threatening conditions including necrotizing fasciitis—sometimes called “flesh-eating disease”—and toxic shock syndrome, which can lead to rapid organ failure.

The strain can also cause more severe infections, like sepsis, necrotizing fasciitis and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. The researchers identified 21,213 cases of invasive GAS, leading to ...

Also called "flesh-eating strep infection" or necrotizing fasciitis, this infection is caused by a strain of the bacteria ...

Group A Streptococcus bacteria can cause illnesses from the common strep throat to sepsis, toxic shock syndrome, and necrotizing fasciitis (more commonly known as flesh-eating bacterial infections).