Strep A: The latest medical advice
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What Is Strippy?
Professor Jim McManus is the president of the Association of Directors of Public Health. He joins us once again on the podcast to talk about strep A and scarlet fever. In most cases with this bacterium the symptoms are mild, the effects are mild. Why in certain cases however does it accelerate to that invasive group A streptococcus infection? I think there's a multiplicity of reasons and we're not actually quite sure why. There might be some underlying predisposition in the person but it might also be because of the strain of the bacterium or the amount of dose they've had. If your child has a very high fever and is floppy or drowsy or un
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