Visitors wearing protective face masks wait to offer prayers on the first business day of the New Year at the Kanda Myojin shrine in Tokyo January 4, 2023. Japan’s health authorities have warned of a surge in patients infected with a rare but potentially deadly type of strep throat infection. — Reuters picSINGAPORE, March 29 — Japan’s health authorities have warned of a surge in patients infected with a rare but potentially deadly type of strep throat infection.
The situation in Japan has sparked concern in at least one Asian country, with North Korea saying it will not host a World Cup football qualifier against Japan apparently due to rising streptococcus infections.looks at what bacteria is causing these deadly infections, how it differs from the common strep throat and whether Singapore should be concerned about the surge.Most cases of STSS are caused by a bacterium called streptococcus pyogenes, also known as strep A.
“In most cases, it does not cause disease. Not all isolates of streptococcus pyogenes carry the genes producing the exotoxins causing STSS,” he said. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States, a patient is typically diagnosed with STSS when strep A bacteria is detected in them while also having symptoms such as low blood pressure or problems with two or more organs including their kidney, liver, lung, blood, skin, and soft tissue.
While experts have yet to nail down the cause of the deadly strep throat infections in Japan, Dr Sunil Kumar Joseph, a GP who runs Tayka Medical Family Clinic in Jurong, said it is likely due to a superbug.
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