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‘Very, very unusual’: MUSC doctors see spike in Invasive Strep cases
By Elisheva Wimberly and Cameron Bopp
Published: May. 29, 2023 at 5:36 AM EDT|Updated: 9 hours ago
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Doctors at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston say cases of a certain type of strep have risen in children in high enough numbers to cause concern.
Cases of Invasive Group A Strep have climbed to more than a dozen, according to Allison Eckard, the division chief of Pediatrics infectious Diseases at MUSC. The increase is something doctors are calling “very, very unusual.”
“You’re the one who knows your child the best, and if things don’t quite seem right to you or there’s a very high fever, muscle aches, chills — things that would make you a little more suspicious that other things are going on, it’s very important to go earlier to seek medical care than waiting longer,” Eckard says...
‘Very, very unusual’: MUSC doctors see spike in Invasive Strep cases
By Elisheva Wimberly and Cameron Bopp
Published: May. 29, 2023 at 5:36 AM EDT|Updated: 9 hours ago
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Doctors at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston say cases of a certain type of strep have risen in children in high enough numbers to cause concern.
Cases of Invasive Group A Strep have climbed to more than a dozen, according to Allison Eckard, the division chief of Pediatrics infectious Diseases at MUSC. The increase is something doctors are calling “very, very unusual.”
“You’re the one who knows your child the best, and if things don’t quite seem right to you or there’s a very high fever, muscle aches, chills — things that would make you a little more suspicious that other things are going on, it’s very important to go earlier to seek medical care than waiting longer,” Eckard says...