A digitally colorized image depicts Group A Streptococcus (GAS), Streptococcus pyogenes bacteria on the surface of a human white blood cell. (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious ...

Leanne Passey says her 4-year-old daughter Reign was hospitalized due to necrotizing fasciitis, a rare flesh-eating bacteria that can be deadly in about one-in-five patients A 4-year-old girl was left ...

Strep infections are most well known for causing strep throat, which can be treated with antibiotics. But this type of bacteria can also cause more serious illnesses—even flesh-eating infections.

Colin Michie does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is monitoring an increase in invasive group A Streptococcus infections in children. “Group A streptococcal disease is a group of conditions caused by a ...

The glycosylation mechanisms in Streptococcus bacterial adhesins constitute a complex post-translational modification system that is vital for bacterial adhesion, biofilm formation, and pathogenicity.

One mom faced a horrific medical emergency after her daughter’s case of chickenpox turned into a deadly flesh-eating bacteria. Leanne Passey, 31, from England, said that after her daughter, 4-year-old ...

By hacking bacterial languages, an interdisciplinary research team explores the potential for new treatments and a deeper ...

Bacterial diseases cause millions of deaths every year. Most of these bacteria were benign at some point in their evolutionary past, and we don't always understand what turned them into ...