Several pediatric hospitals in the United States have detected an increase in invasive group A strep infections, serious and sometimes life-threatening illnesses that occur when bacteria spread to areas of the body that are normally germ-free, such as the bloodstream.
Children’s hospitals in Arizona, Colorado, Texas, and Washington told NBC News they are seeing higher-than-average number of cases this season than in previous years. James Versalovic, chief pathologist at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, said his center, the largest children’s hospital in the US, had seen a “more than fourfold increase” in potentially invasive infections in the last two months compared with the same period. last year.
Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it was “hearing anecdotes from some American doctors about the possibility of an increase in infections. [por estreptococo invasivo del grupo A] among children in the United States” and “spoke to surveillance sites and hospitals in various states to learn more.”
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