A severe sore throat and difficulty swallowing could be symptoms of strep throat. — Dreamstime/TNS
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is monitoring an increase in invasive group A Streptococcus infections in children.
“Group A streptococcal disease is a group of conditions caused by a bacteria called ‘group A strep,’” says Dr Nipunie Rajapakse, a paediatric infectious diseases physician with the Mayo Clinic Children’s Center.
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