A very successful pathogen - one that causes a spectrum of disease, from asymptomatic to life-threatening. On this episode we talk about Group A Streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes), the various types of infections that it causes and how to manage them.

About our Guest:

Dr Yesholata Mahabeer is a principal pathologist currently based

at National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) KwaZulu Natal academic complex at

Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital in Durban. She studied medicine at the

University of KwaZulu Natal. She subsequently completed her fellowship in microbiology

in 1999 followed by Masters in Medical Microbiology in 2015. She has worked in

several laboratories NLHS laboratories in Durban over the past 20 years. She

currently oversees paediatrics, neurosurgery and haematology wards. Her interests

include neurosurgical infections, mycology and antimicrobial susceptibility testing.

She plays an active role in undergraduate and post graduate microbiology

training.

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