Clinical aspects of invasive infections with Streptococcus dysgalactiae ssp. equisimilis in Japan: Differences with respect to Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus agalactiae infections

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1097-1103

  Takahashi, T ^a,b   Sunaoshi, K ^b   Sunakawa, K ^c   Fujishima, S ^d   Watanabe, H ^e   Ubukata, K ^b  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Medical Treatment Corporation   (Japan)

^b Laboratory of Molecular Epidemiology for Infectious Agents   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Invasive infections; Non invasive infections; Streptococcus agalactiae; Streptococcus dysgalactiae ssp. equisimilis; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

M PROTEIN;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; JAPAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSTEOMYELITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE EQUISIMILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE EQUISIMILIS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEUKOPENIA; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955169378     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.03047.x     Document Type: Article

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