Tonsillopharyngitis caused by foodborne group a Streptococcus: A prison-based outbreak

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 175-182

  Levy, Michael ^a   Johnson, Christine G ^b   Kraa, Ed ^c  

^a Population Health   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ARMY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NURSING HOME; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; RURAL AREA; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THROAT CULTURE; TONSILLITIS;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; PRISONERS; PRISONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TIME FACTORS; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0037439373     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345670     Document Type: Article

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