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Illinois Health Officials Warn of Rise in Dangerous Strep Infections After 5 Pediatric Deaths Reported - NBC Chicago
Mar 21, 2023 43 secs
“These cases, known as invasive Group A strep, are the result of disease spreading from the throat to blood, muscle and lungs.

This comes as the CDC warns of a national shortage of amoxicillin, which is "most often prescribed to children to treat group A strep infections."

According to the CDC, what makes the group A strep throat invasive is that it invades parts of the body "that are normally free from germs."

Doctors said group A strep produces a toxin that, once it enters the blood stream, can overpower the immune system.”

"If they're having red, warm, swollen, painful skin, especially in an area where may have been disrupted by a cut or a scrape or oozing something, you want to seek care for that," Cappello said.

The CDC reports group A strep is generally spread two ways: through respiratory droplets and direct contact.

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