An outbreak of invasive group a streptococcal disease associated with high carriage rates of the invasive clone among school-aged children

JAMA

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 38-43

  Cockerill III, Franklin R ^a,g   MacDonald, Kristine L ^b   Thompson, Rodney L ^a   Roberson, Fred ^c   Kohner, Peggy C ^a   Besser Wiek, John ^b   Manahan, Janice M ^a   Musser, James M ^d   Schlievert, Patrick M ^e   Talbot, James ^f   Frankfort, Benjamin ^d   Steckelberg, James M ^a   Wilson, Walter R ^a   Osterholm, Michael T ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Zumbrota Community Hospital   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXOTOXIN; STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN; SUPERANTIGEN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHILD; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; THROAT CULTURE; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

EID: 0031014093     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.277.1.38     Document Type: Article

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