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What exactly is group A Streptococcus and what are its carriage rates? How do we pick apart those paediatric patients with viral illnesses from those with strep throat?
Emma and Christo are joined by Dr Liz Whittaker, a paediatric infectious diseases consultant in London, an academic at Imperial College and convener of the British Paediatric Allergy, Immunity and Infection Group (BPAIIG) to discuss this bacteria. They discuss whether or not to use antibiotics, understanding rashes and much more.
With your hosts, Dr Emma Lim and Dr Christo Tsilifis.
Download transcript: https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2024-03/The-paeds-round-5-transcript.pdf
This podcast is a collaboration between the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (www.rcpch.ac.uk) and Medisense (www.medisense.org.uk).
Subscribe to The Paeds Round for more educational episodes! And, you can find more RCPCH educational resources on RCPCH Learning (https://learning.rcpch.ac.uk).
Want to hear more from RCPCH? Search for and subscribe to RCPCH Podcasts for discussions on a wide range of child health topics - from health inequalities to climate change, from paediatric training to quality improvement.
What exactly is group A Streptococcus and what are its carriage rates? How do we pick apart those paediatric patients with viral illnesses from those with strep throat?
Emma and Christo are joined by Dr Liz Whittaker, a paediatric infectious diseases consultant in London, an academic at Imperial College and convener of the British Paediatric Allergy, Immunity and Infection Group (BPAIIG) to discuss this bacteria. They discuss whether or not to use antibiotics, understanding rashes and much more.
With your hosts, Dr Emma Lim and Dr Christo Tsilifis.
Download transcript: https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2024-03/The-paeds-round-5-transcript.pdf
This podcast is a collaboration between the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (www.rcpch.ac.uk) and Medisense (www.medisense.org.uk).
Subscribe to The Paeds Round for more educational episodes! And, you can find more RCPCH educational resources on RCPCH Learning (https://learning.rcpch.ac.uk).
Want to hear more from RCPCH? Search for and subscribe to RCPCH Podcasts for discussions on a wide range of child health topics - from health inequalities to climate change, from paediatric training to quality improvement.
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