Rheumatic Fever

A salad made by a person with group A streptococcal infection and lesions on their hands was among foods implicated in an Auckland outbreak of the illness in at least 48 people.

Strep skin should be treated as vigorously as strep throat in young children to help prevent rheumatic fever, says public health academic Michael Baker

Treating skin infections in children should be a high priority following research confirming streptococcus skin infections can trigger acute rheumatic fever, says University of Otago researcher Julie Bennett

More people are heading to pharmacies for strep throat swabbing this winter, but the statistics suggest swabbing alone is not lowering rheumatic fever rates