What is Group A Streptococcal Infections?
What is Group A Streptococcal Infections?
Group A Streptococcal Infections: Introduction
Types of Group A Streptococcal Infections:
Types of Group A Streptococcal Infections:
Broader types of Group A Streptococcal Infections:
How many people get Group A Streptococcal Infections?
Incidence (annual) of Group A Streptococcal Infections: 3.2 cases per 100,000 (DBMD)
Incidence Rate of Group A Streptococcal Infections: approx 1 in 31,249 or 0.00% or 8,704 people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Group A Streptococcal Infections:
Group A streptococcus -- 3.2 cases per 100,000; estimated
9,000 cases and 1,000 deaths annually in the United States (Source: excerpt from Active Bacterial Core Surveillance: DBMD)
How serious is Group A Streptococcal Infections?
Complications of Group A Streptococcal Infections:
see complications of Group A Streptococcal Infections
Deaths for Group A Streptococcal Infections: 1,000 deaths annually in USA (DBMD)
What causes Group A Streptococcal Infections?
Causes of Group A Streptococcal Infections: see causes of Group A Streptococcal Infections
Risk factors for Group A Streptococcal Infections:
see
risk factors for Group A Streptococcal Infections
What are the symptoms of Group A Streptococcal Infections?
Symptoms of Group A Streptococcal Infections:
see symptoms of Group A Streptococcal Infections
Complications of Group A Streptococcal Infections:
see complications of Group A Streptococcal Infections
Can anyone else get Group A Streptococcal Infections?
More information:
see contagiousness of Group A Streptococcal Infections
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Group A Streptococcal Infections
Group A Streptococcal Infections: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Group A Streptococcal Infections.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Group A Streptococcal Infections.
How is it treated?
Doctors and Medical Specialists for Group A Streptococcal Infections: Infectious Disease Specialist, Internist, Family Practice Physician, Pediatrician
;
see also doctors and medical specialists for Group A Streptococcal Infections.
Treatments for Group A Streptococcal Infections:
see treatments for Group A Streptococcal Infections
Research for Group A Streptococcal Infections:
see research for Group A Streptococcal Infections
Name and Aliases of Group A Streptococcal Infections
Main name of condition: Group A Streptococcal Infections
Other names or spellings for Group A Streptococcal Infections:
Group A Streptococcal (GAS) Disease, GAS disease, GAS, strep A
Group A Streptococcal Infections: Related Conditions
Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Group A Streptococcal Infections:
- Osteomyelitis
- Brain abscess
- Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections syndrome
- PANDAS syndrome
- Streptococcosis
- Tonsillopharyngeal erythema
- A red edematous uvula
- Palatal petechiae
