Invasive group A Streptococcus infections associated with liposuction surgery at outpatient facilities not subject to state or federal regulation

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1136-1142

  Beaudoin, Amanda L ^a,b   Torso, Lauren ^c   Richards, Katherine ^d   Said, Maria ^a,d   Van Beneden, Chris ^e   Longenberger, Allison ^b   Ostroff, Stephen ^b   Wendt, Joyanna ^a   Dooling, Kathleen ^e   Wise, Matthew ^a   Blythe, David ^d   Wilson, Lucy ^d   Moll, Mària ^b   Perz, Joseph F ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Allegheny County Health Department   (United States)

^d MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FEVER; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LIPOSUCTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NAUSEA; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; SWELLING; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SURGICENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904090239     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.1875     Document Type: Article

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