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E.U. project on killer bacteria may lead to vaccine development.(European Union)
2002 NOV 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Serious Streptococcus infections is the theme of a major E.U. project to be coordinated and led by researchers from Lund University, Sweden.
Associate Professor Claes Schalen and researcher Aftab Jasir, both at the department of medical microbiology, dermatology, and infections, section for bacteriology, are the coordinator and project leader, respectively. Group A streptococci (GAS) are also called killer bacteria because serious GAS infections can develop with dramatic rapidity.
"Since the late 1980s we have seen serious GAS infections increase all over Europe. In Sweden we now have 300-500 cases per year. We are not certain about the cause of these infections. One possible explanation is that the population used to have a certain degree of immunity against these bacteria," said Claes Schalen.
GAS infections often appear as tonsillitis or impetigo. Before the advent of antibiotics scarlet fever and rheumatic fever were feared diseases following these infections. But these complications are now rare in the Western world since GAS is treatable with penicillin and infections with these bacteria can therefore be curbed.
GAS can also enter the body in other ways, such as via sores. If the bacteria are spread in the blood the course of disease can be rapid. This is also the case if they make their way into muscle tissue, where they truly earn their name as carnivorous bacteria. Many ...
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