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How to Avoid Prenatal Group B Strep Infection
Group B Streptococcal (GBS) infections are caused by Streptococcus agalactiae. This bacterium is the most common cause of sepsis in newborns and also affects nonpregnant adults. Group B Streptococcus...
View ArticleWhat Causes a Group B Strep Infection?
The intestines and genital tract are often inhabited by a bacterium known as Group B Streptococcus. Generally, Group B strep is not dangerous to adults; however, it can result in serious infections in...
View ArticleSigns & Symptoms of Late Onset Group B Strep Infection in Children
Group B strep is caused by a kind of bacteria that is only vaguely related to the bacteria that causes strep throat. In fact, this bacteria is present on the vagina, anus and in the intestines of many...
View ArticleStrep B Infections in Babies
According to Baby Center, group B Streptococcus affects approximately 3,500 U.S. newborns each year. It is caused by the Streptococcus agalactiae bacteria. Infants can be infected with group B strep...
View ArticleBeta Strep Infection
Beta Strep is better known as Group B Strep (GBS). It is commonly found in the human body, particularly in the intestines, rectum and vagina. It rarely causes problems in adults, but can cause...
View ArticleGroup B Strep Infection
Group B strep is a common bacteria found in the intestines or the lower genital tract. This bacteria is usually harmless in adults but can cause serious illness in newborns. For this reason, testing...
View ArticleDepression Caused by Strep Infections
Depression, the most common psychiatric illness, is known to be the leading cause of disability worldwide. While it is interesting how common and debilitating the illness is, what's more intriguing is...
View ArticleGroup B Hemolytic Strep Infection
A group B hemolytic strep infection is caused by a particular strain of the streptococcus bacterium. Also known as Streptococcus agalactiae, this microscopic pathogen is actually quite common in a...
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Antibiotics for Staph Strep Infections
Staph and strep are common names for two types of bacteria that cause different types of infections in humans. Both types of bacteria typically inhabit the skin and nasal passages and occasionally...
View ArticleMetronidazole for a Strep B Infection
Group B Strep is a strain of the streptococcus bacteria that can cause serious illness and is potentially life threatening, especially in newborns, pregnant women, elderly patients, or anyone with any...
View ArticleStrep B Skin Infection
Strep B is a common and usually harmless bacteria found in the human body. However, in certain populations Strep B can cause pneumonia, blood infection, urinary tract infection and skin infections.
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Vaginal Dryness & Strep Infection
Vaginal dryness can affect women of all ages and for many reasons. There are some normal body functions that can disrupt the process of estrogen production, which in turn can result in vaginal dryness....
View ArticleSigns of Hookworms
Hookworms are parasites that live in the lungs, intestinal tracts and muscle tissues of infected people and animals. Signs of the presence of these half-inch-long members of the roundworm family vary,...
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How to Prevent Plasmodium
Plasmodium is a single-celled protozoa that most commonly is known as the parasite that causes malaria. Malaria is usually transmitted by mosquitoes that are infected with the Plasmodium protozoa. Most...
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How to Get Toenail Fungus to Grow Out
If your toenail is yellow and opaque, you may have toenail fungus. Nail fungus is a contagious infection that grows in dark, wet places. You may develop nail fungus by walking barefoot in wet public...
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What Produces Plasmodium
Human infection from Plasmodium species causes malaria. The organism is transmitted between individuals via the Anopheles mosquito. According to "Sherris Medical Microbiology," approximately 2 billion...
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How to Cures for Clostridium Tetani
Clostridium tetani is a bacteria that causes a disease called tetanus, or lockjaw, that affects the nervous system. C. tetani can be found in soil and feces and you can get infected if you break your...
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How Is Tapeworm Treated & How Can it Be Prevented?
Tapeworm is a parasitic worm that can cause an infection called taeniasis. You can become infected if you eat tapeworm eggs or larvae contained in food or drinks. Some tapeworm eggs can migrate outside...
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What Parasites Can Kill a Human?
Parasites, organisms that invade and feed off a host, range in size from single-cell protozoan microparasites to helminths, parasitic worms that can grow up to 25 feet long. The Centers for Disease...
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What Causes E. Coli to Produce?
While some strains of E. coli bacteria are helpful to us, others can cause serious illnesses. E. coli O157:H7 -- the most common strain of infection-causing E. coli in the United States -- releases a...
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