Outbreak among drug users caused by a clonal strain of group A streptococcus.

We describe an outbreak among drug users of severe soft-tissue infections caused by a clonal strain of group A streptococcus of M-type 25. Cases (n = 19) in drug users were defined as infections (mainly needle abscesses) due to the outbreak strain. Comparison with controls showed that infected drug...

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Autores principales: Böhlen, L M, Mühlemann, K, Dubuis, O, Aebi, C, Täuber, M G
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2640854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10756152
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author Böhlen, L M
Mühlemann, K
Dubuis, O
Aebi, C
Täuber, M G
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Aebi, C
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description We describe an outbreak among drug users of severe soft-tissue infections caused by a clonal strain of group A streptococcus of M-type 25. Cases (n = 19) in drug users were defined as infections (mainly needle abscesses) due to the outbreak strain. Comparison with controls showed that infected drug users bought drugs more often at a specific place. Drug purchase and use habits may have contributed to this outbreak.
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spelling pubmed-26408542009-05-20 Outbreak among drug users caused by a clonal strain of group A streptococcus. Böhlen, L M Mühlemann, K Dubuis, O Aebi, C Täuber, M G Emerg Infect Dis Research Article We describe an outbreak among drug users of severe soft-tissue infections caused by a clonal strain of group A streptococcus of M-type 25. Cases (n = 19) in drug users were defined as infections (mainly needle abscesses) due to the outbreak strain. Comparison with controls showed that infected drug users bought drugs more often at a specific place. Drug purchase and use habits may have contributed to this outbreak. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000 /pmc/articles/PMC2640854/ /pubmed/10756152 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This 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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Aebi, C
Täuber, M G
Outbreak among drug users caused by a clonal strain of group A streptococcus.
title Outbreak among drug users caused by a clonal strain of group A streptococcus.
title_full Outbreak among drug users caused by a clonal strain of group A streptococcus.
title_fullStr Outbreak among drug users caused by a clonal strain of group A streptococcus.
title_full_unstemmed Outbreak among drug users caused by a clonal strain of group A streptococcus.
title_short Outbreak among drug users caused by a clonal strain of group A streptococcus.
title_sort outbreak among drug users caused by a clonal strain of group a streptococcus.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2640854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10756152
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