Outbreak: Streptococcus Pyogenes
Facility: Undisclosed Congregate Living Setting
Facility Type: Community Congregate Living
Unit/Floor/Area: Facility Wide
Location: #Windsor #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #WECH0019
Date: 2026-05-06
Public Health Unit: Windsor-Essex County Health Unit
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObWECH
Click or follow tracking hashtags to see current and historical data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.
#Japan reports record spike in potentially deadly #bacterial #infection, CTV: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/japan-reports-record-spike-in-potentially-deadly-bacterial-infection-1.6929563
As of June 2, Japan’s Health Ministry had recorded 977 cases of #streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS), which has a mortality rate of up to 30%. Some 77 people have died from the infection between January and March, the latest figures available.
#Flesheating #bacterium cases hit record high in #Japan https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2808935/-flesh-eating-bacterium-cases-hit-record-high-in-japan
KYODO - #Streptococcal toxic #shock #syndrome, a potentially deadly disease caused by a "flesh-eating" bacterium, is spreading rapidly in Japan, with cases in the first half of this year already surpassing last year's record, a national infectious disease institute said Tuesday.
Experts warn that a rare but dangerous bacterial infection is spreading at a record rate in Japan, with officials struggling to identify the cause.
The number of cases in 2024 is expected to exceed last year’s record numbers, while concern is growing that the harshest and potentially deadly form of group A streptococcal disease
– #streptococcal #toxic #shock #syndrome (STSS)
– will continue to spread, after the presence of highly virulent and infectious strains were confirmed in Japan.
The National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) said: “There are still many unknown factors regarding the mechanisms behind fulminant (severe and sudden) forms of streptococcus, and we are not at the stage where we can explain them.”
Provisional figures released by the NIID recorded 941 cases of STSS were reported last year.
In the first two months of 2024, 378 cases have already been recorded, with infections identified in all but two of Japan’s 47 prefectures.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/15/japan-streptococcal-infections-rise-details
Antibiotic resistance is a increasingly important problem for Streptococcus pneumoniae infections. This study shows that blocking fermentation and disrupting redox balance increases the sensitivity of this bacterium to antibiotics, including validation in vivo using a pneumonia model with antibiotic resistant pneumococci.
Antibiotic resistance is a increasingly important problem for Streptococcus pneumoniae infections. This study shows that blocking fermentation and disrupting redox balance increases the sensitivity of this bacterium to antibiotics, including validation in vivo using a pneumonia model with antibiotic resistant pneumococci.
Antibiotic resistance is a increasingly important problem for Streptococcus pneumoniae infections. This study shows that blocking fermentation and disrupting redox balance increases the sensitivity of this bacterium to antibiotics, including validation in vivo using a pneumonia model with antibiotic resistant pneumococci.
Ontario Outbreak Information
Giuseppe Michieli
Chuck Darwin
Glyn Moody
PLOS Biology