Invasive group A streptococcal disease in Alberta, Canada (2000 to 2002)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1678-1683

  Tyrrell, Gregory J ^a,b   Lovgren, Marguerite ^b   Kress, Bertha ^c   Grimsrud, Karen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^c Alberta Health and Wellness   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CANADA; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HERPES; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL INFECTION; SPECIES INVASION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; WINTER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALBERTA; BACTEREMIA; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 16844365338     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.4.1678-1683.2005     Document Type: Article

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