Invasive group A streptococcal infections in North Carolina: Epidemiology, clinical features, and genetic and serotype analysis of causative organisms

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 992-1000

  Kiska, Deanna L ^a   Thiede, Barbara ^b   Caracciolo, Judy ^b   Jordan, Michele ^b   Johnson, Dwight ^b   Kaplan, Edward L ^b   Gruninger, Robert P ^b   Lohr, Jacob A ^b   Gilligan, Peter H ^b   Denny Jr , Floyd W ^b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16944363961     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516540     Document Type: Article

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