Open AccessClinical and Epidemiologic Features of Group A Streptococcal Pneumonia in Ontario, Canada
Author(s) -
Matthew Muller,
Donald E. Low,
Karen A. Green,
Andrew E. Simor,
Mark Loeb,
Daniel B. Gregson,
Allison McGeer
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.163.4.467
Subject(s) - medicine , fasciitis , pneumonia , case fatality rate , odds ratio , incidence (geometry) , community acquired pneumonia , confidence interval , streptococcus , surgery , epidemiology , biology , physics , bacteria , optics , genetics
Since the 1960s, group A streptococcus (GAS) has accounted for less than 1% of cases of community-acquired pneumonia. During the past 2 decades there has been a resurgence of invasive GAS infection, but no large study of GAS pneumonia has been performed.
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