Medical journal reports alarming rise in cases over two years with some young patients experiencing toxic shock, amputation and flesh-eating, necrotising disease
Over the same period, 280 paediatric patients aged under 18 were admitted to five major Australian paediatric hospitals in Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory with the infection, the study found.
‘I can’t believe how quickly it turned into something so horrible’: Jordan with his mother Caitlyn Sutherland.Doctors arranged for Jordan’s transfer to the Royal Children’s hospital in Melbourne the same day, where he was put on oxygen to help him breathe. He was diagnosed with invasive strep A, underwent blood transfusions, and underwent surgery
“We were told by the doctors initially that he was walking on a tightrope and they weren’t sure if he was going to make it. The surgeons said his tonsils were black, and they said the infection in the neck had entered through the tonsils. Earlier that day, doctors said his tonsils were ‘just a bit red’. I can’t believe how quickly it turned into something so horrible.”
Though still rare, the incidence of invasive strep A has risen from 3.7 cases per 100,000 children in Australia in 2018, to 5.2 per 100,000 children in the third quarter of 2022, the Lancet Regional Health study found. There were 23 cases in children in 2020, compared to 107 in 2022.
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