Characterization of a community cluster of group a streptococcal invasive disease in Maui, Hawaii

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 677-679

  Erdem, Guliz ^a   Abe, Lucienne ^a   Kanenaka, Rebecca Y ^b   Pang, Lorrin ^b   Mills, Kristin ^b   Mizumoto, Carla ^a   Yamaga, Karen ^a   Effler, Paul V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Community cluster; Emm typing; Group A Streptococcus; Necrotizing fasciitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SKIN INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER PROTEINS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; MALE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 3142779106     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000130956.47691.99     Document Type: Article

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