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"It took just two days for one-year-old Jordan Sutherland to go from
experiencing clinginess and a slight temperature to being in intensive care
after surgery to remove flesh-eating bacteria from his neck, which had “swollen
from ear to ear”, his mother recalls.
Jordan would not leave the Royal Children’s hospital in Melbourne for almost
five weeks, after an infection with the common strep A bacteria developed into
a disease known as “invasive strep A”.
Australia is experiencing an intense surge in cases of the disease in children,
a study published in medical journal the Lancet Regional Health on Wednesday
found. The study analysed data from the Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease
Surveillance (PAEDS) Network, finding that between July 2018 and December 2022,
three children died with complications from invasive strep A infection.
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.
Of these, 84 young patients experienced severe complications including toxic
shock, amputation and flesh-eating, necrotising disease like Jordan
experienced."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
