CHARLOTTE Alderson died of an infection at home hours after medics missed a key warning sign on her lips, an inquest heard. The mum-of-three from Suffolk had been vomiting and complained of ...

Cefdinir is a prescription drug used to treat certain bacterial infections. Learn about the drug’s dosages, forms, strengths, and more.

A 47-year-old Hong Kong man has undergone an amputation of his left lower leg two days after developing a Group A Streptococcal infection following acupuncture treatment he received at two ...

Group A streptococcus (GAS) – which may be best known by one of its manifestations, "strep throat" – is caused by the Streptococcus pyogenes bacterium and can have more serious outcomes than ...

This scanning electron microscope (SEM) image shows a mouse skin infection caused by Streptococcus pyogenes (pseudocolored purple). The bacterium, known as flesh-eating bacteria, has aggressively ...

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. The ...

ABSTRACT Streptococcus pyogenes meningitis (SPM) occurs sporadically, even with the increase of invasive streptococcal disease observed in the past years. We reported two cases of SPM in infants to ...

A new family of compounds that display activity against multidrug-resistant gram-positive pathogens could represent a new class of antibiotics. One compound in particular, known as PS757, also appears ...

More information: Zongsen Zou et al, Dihydrothiazolo ring-fused 2-pyridone antimicrobial compounds treat Streptococcus pyogenes skin and soft tissue infection, Science Advances (2024).

This image shows untreated Streptococcus pyogenes bacterial culture full of healthy microbes, labeled green (left). After treatment by GmPcide, the dish is full of dead bacteria (red; right).