Medical X-Press – Deb Balzer
“Group A streptococcal disease is a group of conditions caused by a bacteria called ‘group A strep,'” says Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases physician with the Mayo Clinic Children’s Center. “The one that people are probably most familiar with is strep throat. Strep throat is a relatively common infection, especially in children of school age—between ages 5 and 15. It’s very unusual in children under 3 years of age.”
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