All news on the topic: Strep A

There were 977 cases reported by Japan’s Health Ministry and the disease has a mortality rate of up to 30% while 77 people have died from the infection according to the latest figures

STSS - often caused by the bacteria Strep A and more commonly associated with Strep Throat - was first reported in Japan in 1992 with an average of 100 to 200 cases a year

Globally every year, around half a million people, including many ­children and teens, die from Strep A infections, some of which lead to deadly sepsis or heart damage

An average of 100 to 200 cases have been reported each year, but in last year 941 cases were confirmed, according to the the National Institute of Infectious Diseases

Jamie Guthrie, from Fife, was diagnosed with necrotising pneumonia after developing an invasive Strep A infection - which caused the four-year-old's lung to collapse

Five-year-old Jean Carlos Martinez Rivero had a myriad of viruses and medical conditions before his untimely death about two months ago, according to the local medical examiner's report

STREP A cases are on the rise in the UK and while it’s mild in most cases, parents should be wary that it can become life-threatening.And one mum kn

Aiyla Mota, from Hillingdon, north west London, was just two days from first showing symptoms of strep A when she fell ill - the four-year-old is now undergoing physiotherapy

A HORRIFIED mum shared how her little girl was left fighting for her life after her chicken pox progressed to a flesh-eating bug.The mum was able to g

ENGLAND and Wales is seeing a surge in scarlet fever cases, Government figures have revealed.Suspected infection rates have climbed by almost 70 per c

LITTLE Archie passed away in his parents arms in the early hours of his first birthday, after a devastating fight against sepsis.Despite despite the t

A NINE-year-old girl died just days after being sent home from hospital with what doctors believed was tonsillitis.Little Riya Hirani was actually bat

Riya Hirani, of Wetheral Drive in Stanmore, was discharged from Northwick Park Hospital, in Harrow, on December 22, 2022 with a piece of paper and advice to use over-the-counter painkillers

A mum whose daughter died unexpectedly after coming home from school with 'the sniffles' has shared her grief and feelings of 'failure' as a parent in the hope of warning others

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES. Beth Budgen, 46, is learning to adapt to walking with prosthetic legs and believes she has been given a second shot at life to help support other sepsis survivors

A MAN was left with no ring finger and holes in his hand after a tiny cut turned into a flesh-eating form of strep A.Jamie Constable suffered a minor

Little Henri Brammer, from Liverpool, was looking forward to Christmas last year when he began to suffer from a headache, which eventually spread to eye pain and lethargy

AT least 48 children have died from Strep A, the latest UK data shows.Over the last eight months, a total of 426 people of all ages have lost their li

A DISTRAUGHT family are desperate for answers after their little boy suffered a cardiac arrest and died just hours after he fell ill with what they be

Lochlan McDonald, from Carluke, South Lanarkshire, was diagnosed with preseptal cellulitis caused by a Strep A infection, which surgeons had to drain from his eye in emergency surgery

THE DEVASTATED parents of a little girl who tragically died of an invasiveGroup A Strepinfection have warned others of the dangers.Vivienn

Dermot and Lilly Murphy's daughter Vivienne had to have 17 per cent of her body cut away, but it still wasn't enough to save her life after a mild illness turned into a flesh-eating disease

A BOY of six shrugged off having his leg amputated — by nicknaming the stump Peanut.Jake Bond was left fighting for his life when he caught the bact

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. James Wood contracted sepsis after a case of Strep A before being rushed to hospital when his skin turned yellow, with doctors labelling him one of the "poorliest patients in the country"

HEARTBROKEN parents have spoken out after their daughter tragically died of an invasiveGroup A Strepinfection four years ago.They claim th