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  2. Group B streptococcal infection - Wikipedia

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    GBS urinary tract infections, more than 100.000 CFU (colony forming units) /mL, may induce labour in pregnant women and cause premature delivery (preterm birth) and miscarriage and requires antibiotic treatment. The presence of GBS in the urine in any colony count is a marker of heavy GBS colonization and an indication for Intrapartum ...

  3. Streptococcus agalactiae - Wikipedia

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    GBS infection in adults can be serious and related with high mortality. In general penicillin is the antibiotic of choice for treatment of GBS infection. [66] [67] Gentamicin (for synergy with penicillin G or ampicillin) can also be used in patients with life-threatening invasive GBS. [66]

  4. Neonatal infection - Wikipedia

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    Because GBS bacteria can colonize the lower reproductive tract of 30% of women, typically pregnant women are tested for this pathogen from 35 to 37 weeks of pregnancy. Before delivery treatment of the mother with antibiotics reduces the rate of neonatal infection. [31] Prevention of the infection of the baby is done by treating the mother with ...

  5. Group A streptococcal infection - Wikipedia

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    The treatment of choice is penicillin, and the duration of treatment is around 10 days. [23] Antibiotic therapy (using injected penicillin) has been shown to reduce the risk of acute rheumatic fever. [24] In individuals with a penicillin allergy, erythromycin, other macrolides, and cephalosporins have been shown to be effective treatments. [25]

  6. Streptococcus pyogenes - Wikipedia

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    Rosenbach 1884. Streptococcus pyogenes is a species of Gram-positive, aerotolerant bacteria in the genus Streptococcus. These bacteria are extracellular, and made up of non-motile and non-sporing cocci (round cells) that tend to link in chains. They are clinically important for humans, as they are an infrequent, but usually pathogenic, part of ...

  7. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - Wikipedia

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    The route of administration of an antibiotic varies. Antibiotics effective against MRSA can be given by IV, oral, or a combination of both, and depend on the specific circumstances and patient characteristics. [4] The use of concurrent treatment with vancomycin or other beta-lactam agents may have a synergistic effect. [21]: 637

  8. Shortage of penicillin limits access to the go-to drug for ...

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    The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday reported a shortage of an injectable form of penicillin, an antibiotic used to treat syphilis and other bacterial infections like strep throat.

  9. Infection prevention and control - Wikipedia

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    Infection prevention and control. Infection prevention and control is the discipline concerned with preventing healthcare-associated infections; a practical rather than academic sub-discipline of epidemiology. In Northern Europe, infection prevention and control is expanded from healthcare into a component in public health, known as "infection ...

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