Molecular Analysis of an Outbreak of Lethal Postpartum Sepsis Caused by Streptococcus pyogenes

Sepsis is now the leading direct cause of maternal death in the United Kingdom, and Streptococcus pyogenes is the leading pathogen. We combined conventional and genomic analyses to define the duration and scale of a lethal outbreak. Two postpartum deaths caused by S. pyogenes occurred within 24 h; o...

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Autores principales: Turner, Claire E., Dryden, Matthew, Holden, Matthew T. G., Davies, Frances J., Lawrenson, Richard A., Farzaneh, Leili, Bentley, Stephen D., Efstratiou, Androulla, Sriskandan, Shiranee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2013
Materias:
Bacteriology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3697669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23616448
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00679-13

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3697669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23616448
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00679-13

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