The BelfastTrust's infection control team are looking at plans to reduce levels of strepA coming into the Children's Hospital
The Belfast Trust said parents should consult thewith rare but severe bacterial strep A infections since September.
Concerns have been raised about local supply levels of antibiotics due to a recent acute increase in demand. Very rarely, Strep A can cause something called invasive group A streptococcal infection or iGAS, which can be deadly.The government said that- the last high season for iGAS infection - there were four deaths in England.
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