Severe group a streptococcal soft-tissue infections in Ontario: 1992-1996

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 454-460

  Sharkawy, Abdu ^a   Low, Donald E ^a   Saginur, Raphael ^b   Gregson, Daniel ^c   Schwartz, Benjamin ^d   Jessamine, Peter ^b   Green, Karen ^a   McGeer, Allison ^a   Davies, H D ^e   Gold, W ^f   Loeb, M ^g   Talbot, J ^h   Lovgren, M ^h   Mederski, B ⁱ   Trpeski, L ^j   Sarabia, A ^k   Simor, A ^l   Willey, B ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e Alberta Children's Hospital   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^g HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^h National Centre for Streptococcus   (Canada)

ⁱ NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^j MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^k Peel Memorial Hospital   (Canada)

^l SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANADA; CANCER; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0037082950     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338466     Document Type: Article

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