Pathogenic bacteria
Prosecutor orders probe into child’s Strep A death
A prosecutor on Tuesday has ordered an inquiry into the death of a 7-year-old child in a hospital in Thessaloniki after contracting streptococcus A (Strep A).
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Sixth child this year dies from Streptococcus A
The sixth death of a child due to the streptococcus A (Strep A) infection has been recorded in Greece since the beginning of 2023, according to the National Public Health Organization (EODY) on Monday.
The 7-year-old child died in a hospital in Thessaloniki.
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Children’s streptococcal infections rise
Medical experts are expressing concern over indications that there has been an upsurge of streptococcal infections in children. The disease may not be systematically recorded in Greece, but pediatricians estimate that they have seen more cases this year compared to the pre-pandemic period.
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Bulgaria’s Health Authorities: We do not have an Emergency with Chicken Pox and Scarlet Fever
"At the moment, we are not in an emergency situation regarding the spread of chicken pox and scarlet fever," reported the Regional Health Inspection (RHI).
However, a report from the RHI website shows that in the same week in 2019 and 2020, the spread of scarlet fever was 25 and 19 cases. For the same week in 2023, they were 151, reports the National Radio.
Greek food authority EFET orders immediate recall of Dutch chicken breast fillet
Samples were found to have salmonella
Turkish doctors find link between COVID-19, helicobacter
A study conducted at a research and training hospital in the capital Ankara found links between COVID-19 and a widely-infectious bacteria.
The study - Effect of Helicobacter Pylori on the Presentation and Clinical Course of COVID-19 Infection - was published in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition last month.
New antibiotic unearthed from the dirt
Scrutinizing soil samples, US researchers have discovered a new class of antibiotics capable of killing drug-resistant, disease-causing bacteria.
This brand-new antibiotic class, called malacidins (short for metagenomic acidic lipopeptide antibiotic-cidins) has been isolated from bacteria that live in soil.
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Baby boy hospitalized on Crete with meningococcal septicaemia
A 16-month-old boy was being treated in a children?s intensive-care unit at the University Hospital of Iraklio on the island of Crete on Saturday, with symptoms of meningococcal septicaemia, a life-threatening disease.
The toddler had been transferred to the Iraklio medical facility from Hania last Friday.