A new strain of streptococcus A behind the rebound in cases worldwide. After the alarms at the end of 2022 and beginning of 2023 in the United Kingdom and Spain, group A strep has appeared abruptly in Japan.
Diego García Martínez de Artola, spokesperson for the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (Seimc) explains that the increases in cases of invasive infections due to this bacteria have been on the rise for some time. For García it is not a significant alert, "it is something to keep under surveillance"