Scarlet fever epidemic, Hong Kong, 2011

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1658-1661

  Luk, Emma Y Y ^a   Lo, Janice Y C ^a   Li, Amy Z L ^a   Lau, Michael C K ^a   Cheung, Terence K M ^a   Wong, Alice Y M ^a   Wong, Monica M H ^a   Wong, Christine W ^a   Chuang, Shuk kwan ^a   Tsang, Thomas ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SCARLET FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTICEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SCARLET FEVER; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84866529002     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1810.111900     Document Type: Article

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