Invasive group A streptococcal disease in children in Queensland

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 623-628

  Whitehead, B D ^a   Smith, H V ^b   Nourse, C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c MATER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; epidemiology; group A streptococcus; invasive; Queensland

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFANT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; AGE; AGED; ETHNIC GROUP; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUEENSLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955703242     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810001378     Document Type: Article

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