This type of medium is both selective and differential. The MSA will select for organisms such as Staphylococcus species which can live in areas of high salt concentration (plate on the left in the ...

A new vaccine developed by Griffith University Institute for Glycomics researchers has the potential to treat and prevent toxic shock caused by invasive streptococcal disease, which kills more than ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The establishment of the field of medical microbiology and its vital role in infectious diseases paved the way ...

Researchers started with 50 samples collected from 1941 to 1947, and they found that the samples contained seven different Streptococcus species, including two subspecies of S. dysgalactiae.

Scarlet fever is essentially a bacterial infection that leads to a typical pink-red rash. It is caused by an organism Streptococcus and is seen rarely in developed countries like United Kingdom these ...

Cedric W. Spak, MD, MPH, says non-group A streptococcal pharyngitis should always be treated “to be on the safe side” (Item 114-25). But group A strep is treated primarily to avoid rheumatic fever, ...

Lecturer, Department of Medical Education, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Senior Infectious Disease Pharmacist, Clinical Manager, Northwestern Memorial Hospital Department of ...