Reports and Findings
Recent data on the epidemiology of impetigo and scabies and describe the current evidence around approaches to individual and community based treatment
Vaccines against Streptococcus pyogenes are considered as impeded vaccines because of a number of crucial barriers to development
The key objective of this study is to collect data about patient and clinician preferences about reformulations.
Echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease (RHD) can identify individuals with subclinical disease who could benefit from antibiotic prophylaxis.
Develop a 'roadmap' of key actions that need to be taken by governments to eliminate ARF and eradicate RHD in Africa
Treatment success for scabies co-infection was lower than for impetigo overall, with a higher success seen in the co-trimoxazole group than benzylpenicillin
This study demonstrates the potential use of plasma metabolites to identify causality in children with severe febrile illness in malaria-endemic settings
A 7-year old boy developed myositis secondary to intramuscular injection of benzathine penicillin-G in the context of secondary prophylaxis for RF
There was evidence of extensive transmission of group A Streptococcus both within households and across the community
Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is the result of an autoimmune response to pharyngitis caused by infection with group A Streptococcus.