Outbreak among drug users caused by a clonal strain of group A streptococcus

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 175-179

  Böhlen, Lorenz M ^a   Mühlemann, Kathrin ^a,b   Dubuis, Olivier ^a   Aebi, Christoph ^a   Täuber, Martin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Institute for Medical Microbiology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0343729892     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0602.000211     Document Type: Article

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