Hospital-Acquired Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections in Ontario, Canada, 1992-2000
Author(s) -
Nick Daneman,
Allison McGeer,
Donald E. Low,
Gregory J. Tyrrell,
Andrew E. Simor,
Margaret McArthur,
Benjamin Schwartz,
Peter Jessamine,
Ruth Croxford,
K. A. Green
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/431589
Subject(s) - medicine , fasciitis , outbreak , case fatality rate , transmission (telecommunications) , population , prospective cohort study , epidemiology , pediatrics , emergency medicine , surgery , pathology , environmental health , electrical engineering , engineering
A significant proportion of invasive group A streptococcal infections are hospital acquired. No large, prospective studies have characterized this subgroup of cases and evaluated the risk of transmission in hospitals.
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