Clinical and epidemiological features of group A streptococcal bacteraemia in a region with hyperendemic superficial streptococcal infection

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-65

  Carapetis, J R ^a   Walker, A M ^a   Hibble, M ^a   Sriprakash, K S ^a,b   Currie, B J ^a  

^a ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PYODERMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROTYPING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0032993221     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268898001952     Document Type: Article

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