Group A Streptococcus Meningitis in Adults, Denmark

We report a 21-fold increase in group A Streptococcus meningitis in adults in Denmark during October 13, 2022–April 12, 2023, concurrent with an outbreak of invasive streptococcal disease. We describe clinical characteristics of the outbreak cases and prognosis for patients in comparison to those fo...

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Autores principales: Nielsen, Henrik, Storgaard, Merete, Helweg-Larsen, Jannik, Larsen, Lykke, Jepsen, Micha P.G., Hansen, Birgitte R., Wiese, Lothar, Bodilsen, Jacob
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10461673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37478289
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2909.230627
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author Nielsen, Henrik
Storgaard, Merete
Helweg-Larsen, Jannik
Larsen, Lykke
Jepsen, Micha P.G.
Hansen, Birgitte R.
Wiese, Lothar
Bodilsen, Jacob
author_facet Nielsen, Henrik
Storgaard, Merete
Helweg-Larsen, Jannik
Larsen, Lykke
Jepsen, Micha P.G.
Hansen, Birgitte R.
Wiese, Lothar
Bodilsen, Jacob
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description We report a 21-fold increase in group A Streptococcus meningitis in adults in Denmark during October 13, 2022–April 12, 2023, concurrent with an outbreak of invasive streptococcal disease. We describe clinical characteristics of the outbreak cases and prognosis for patients in comparison to those for previous sporadic cases.
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spelling pubmed-104616732023-09-01 Group A Streptococcus Meningitis in Adults, Denmark Nielsen, Henrik Storgaard, Merete Helweg-Larsen, Jannik Larsen, Lykke Jepsen, Micha P.G. Hansen, Birgitte R. Wiese, Lothar Bodilsen, Jacob Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We report a 21-fold increase in group A Streptococcus meningitis in adults in Denmark during October 13, 2022–April 12, 2023, concurrent with an outbreak of invasive streptococcal disease. We describe clinical characteristics of the outbreak cases and prognosis for patients in comparison to those for previous sporadic cases. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10461673/ /pubmed/37478289 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2909.230627 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Nielsen, Henrik
Storgaard, Merete
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Larsen, Lykke
Jepsen, Micha P.G.
Hansen, Birgitte R.
Wiese, Lothar
Bodilsen, Jacob
Group A Streptococcus Meningitis in Adults, Denmark
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title_short Group A Streptococcus Meningitis in Adults, Denmark
title_sort group a streptococcus meningitis in adults, denmark
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10461673/
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