Parents and GPs warned as ninth Strep A death in children reported

Concern is growing over Strep A cases in the United Kingdom after a ninth child is reported to have died after contracting an invasive form of the Strep A bacteria.

As cases of scarlet fever and Strep A sweep across the UK, several primary schools have made the decision to close.Doctors are being urged to act quickly in giving antibiotics to children with suspected Strep A symptoms to give them the best chance of fighting off the infection, National World reports.

The most serious infections linked to GAS come from invasive group A strep, known as iGAS, according to the UKHSA. This can happen when a person has sores or open wounds that allow the bacteria to get into the tissue, breaches in their respiratory tract after a viral illness, or in a person who has a health condition that decreases their immunity to infection. When the immune system is compromised, a person is more vulnerable to invasive disease.

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