Invasive Strep Infection Risk Spikes, Study Warns: What To Know In VA
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Risk Of Invasive Strep Infection Has Spiked, Study Warns: What To Know In VAVirginia’s cases of an invasive form of strep infections spiked in recent years, according to state health department data.Posted Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 11:56 am ET
VIRGINIA—Theriskofcontractingapotentiallylife-threateninginvasivegroupAstrepinfectionismorethantwicewhatitwasadecadeago,accordingtoanewCentersforDiseaseControlandPreventionstudy.
ThenumberofgroupAstrep,orGAS,caseswasrelativelystablefor17yearsbeforethesharpincreasefrom2013-2022,accordingtothestudy,whichwaspublishedMondayintheJournaloftheAmericanMedicalAssociation.
InvasivegroupAstrepoccurswhenthebacteriaStreptococcuspyogenesinvadesnormallysterileareasofthebody,suchasthebloodstreamortissues,leadingtoseriousillnesseslikenecrotizingfasciitis,commonlycalledflesh-eatingdisease,andstreptococcaltoxicshocksyndrome,whichcancauseorganfailure.
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