Port Security in a Competitive Environment Increasingly in our security conscious world, ports considered insecure may be at a competitivedisadvantage to those demonstrating the ability to prevent imports of threatening cargos. Thus,Canadian ports ignore enhanced security at their peril.
Strep is short for Streptococcus, a type of bacteria. There are two types: group A and group B. Group A strep causes. 1  Strep throat - a sore, red throat, sometimes with white spots on the tonsils.  Scarlet fever - an illness that follows strep throat. It causes a red rash on the body.
Haemophilus influenzae,Neisseria meningitidis, and Streptococcus pneumoniae have been reported as causes. Neonatal bacterial meningitis most frequently results from the bacteremia that occurs with neonatal sepsis; the higher the colony count in the blood culture, the higher the risk of meningitis.