Streptococcus pyogenes infections with limited emm-type diversity in the homeless population of Brussels, 2016–2018
Author(s) -
Nicolás Dauby,
Véronique Yvette Miendje Deyi,
Valérie Delforge,
Delphine Martiny,
Leila Mekkaoui,
Marie Hallin,
Romain Mahieu,
Nathalie Bossuyt,
Anne Botteaux,
Pierre R. Smeesters
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.01.026
Subject(s) - streptococcus pyogenes , medicine , population , incidence (geometry) , streptococcus , cluster (spacecraft) , demography , diversity (politics) , biology , environmental health , bacteria , genetics , programming language , staphylococcus aureus , anthropology , physics , sociology , computer science , optics
The aim was to characterize the clinical features, outcomes, and strain diversity of laboratory-confirmed Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus, GAS) infections among inpatients hospitalized at a tertiary level hospital in Brussels, Belgium, according to the patients' housing status (homeless vs. not homeless).
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