BACKGROUND Post-streptococcal acute glomerular nephritis(PSAGN)is mostly a benign condition.The usual sequelae of PSAGN include hypertension,its complications,and acute kidney injury.Severe PSAGN is associated with si...
supported by the National Key Research&Development Program of China(2022YFC2303900 and 2022YFC3704700);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32141001 and 31830001);the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholar(32125003);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2022M712797).
Fatty acids (FAs) are building blocks required for the threedomains of life. The machinery of type II fatty acid synthesis is longrecognized as a druggable pathway against deadly infections withdrug-resistant bacteria...
Introduction: Acute rheumatic fever (AAR) is a non-suppurative complication of late infection by group A. Infections due to streptococci remain a public health problem in the Central African Republic. The present stud...
Background: The gram-positive, beta-hemolytic, and chain-forming Group B Streptococcus (GBS), commonly known as Streptococcus agalactiae, may asymptomatically invade the human gastrointestinal and vaginal tracts. Howe...
Background: Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus, GAS) is an important human bacterial pathogen. This organism possesses many virulence factors, Streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxinone of these. Aim: Detection of...
Acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis(APSGN)is the major cause of acute glomerulonephritis among children,especially in low-and middle-income countries.APSGN commonly occurs following pharyngitis due to the acti...
Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with group A streptococcal infections (PANDAS) is a concept that is used to characterize a subset of children with neuropsychiatric symptoms, tic disorders, o...
Pharyngitis is common in children,accounting for nearly 12 million visits annually in the United States.Streptococcus pyogenes or group A streptococcus(GAS)is the most common bacterial cause of pharyngitis for which a...
BACKGROUND The occurrence of Streptococcus pneumoniae-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome(SP-HUS)is increasing.Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen activation is highly involved in the pathogenesis of SP-HUS,and T-antibody-n...
RAM Rafeek is recipient of International Postgraduate Research Award(IPRA)from University of New England.CM Lobbe and E.Wilkinson are recipients of student scholarship from the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia(RCPA).
Background:The neuropsychiatric disorders due to post-streptococcal autoimmune complications such as Sydenham's chorea(SC)are associated with acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease(ARF/RHD).An animal model ...