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India Amongst 5 Countries With Highest Rheumatic Heart Disease Deaths
Rheumatic heart disease is a condition of damaged heart valves caused by bacterial infection that leads to rheumatic fever.
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Penicillin of no help in sore throat in children
As a treatment for sore throat in children, penicillin does not reduce the duration of symptoms or decrease the need for pain relievers. Although there has been evidence that penicillin helps prevent complications of streptococcal infections, these complications can usually be safely treated if they occur.
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Drug-resistant Streptococcus
The Streptococcus (bacteria) which causes acute infections of the throat, upper respiratory tract and other organs appears to be gaining resistance to a widely used class of antibiotics. This class of antibiotics called macrolides includes among others erythromycin and clarithromycin and is used in the treatment of group A streptococci infections....
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India Amongst 5 Countries With Highest Rheumatic Heart Disease Deaths
Rheumatic heart disease is a condition of damaged heart valves caused by bacterial infection that leads to rheumatic fever.
-
Penicillin of no help in sore throat in children
As a treatment for sore throat in children, penicillin does not reduce the duration of symptoms or decrease the need for pain relievers. Although there has been evidence that penicillin helps prevent complications of streptococcal infections, these complications can usually be safely treated if they occur.
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Drug-resistant Streptococcus
The Streptococcus (bacteria) which causes acute infections of the throat, upper respiratory tract and other organs appears to be gaining resistance to a widely used class of antibiotics. This class of antibiotics called macrolides includes among others erythromycin and clarithromycin and is used in the treatment of group A streptococci infections....
