Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infection in High School Football Players, New York City, 2003

After being notified that 2 high school football teammates were hospitalized with confirmed or suspected invasive group A streptococcal infections, we conducted an investigation of possible spread among other team members. This investigation highlights a need for guidelines on management of streptoc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Manning, Susan E., Lee, Elsie, Bambino, Maribeth, Ackelsberg, Joel, Weiss, Don, Sathyakumar, Chiminyan, Kornblum, John, Barbot, Oxiris, Johnson, Dwight, Kaplan, Edward L., Layton, Marcelle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294359/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15705342
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1101.040559
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Sumario:After being notified that 2 high school football teammates were hospitalized with confirmed or suspected invasive group A streptococcal infections, we conducted an investigation of possible spread among other team members. This investigation highlights a need for guidelines on management of streptococcal and other infectious disease outbreaks in team sport settings.

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