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Group A β-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis outbreak
The aim was to describe an outbreak of group A β-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis in health care professionals. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study of 17 clients who dined at the same table in a restaurant in Barcelona in July 2012. The frequency, timing and severity of symptoms w...
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Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4206151/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24897054 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0034-8910.2014048005091 |
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author | Culqui, Dante R Manzanares-Laya, Sandra Van Der Sluis, Sarah Lafuente Fanlo, Albert Anton Comas, Rosa Bartolomé Rossi, Marcello Caylá, Joán A |
author_facet | Culqui, Dante R Manzanares-Laya, Sandra Van Der Sluis, Sarah Lafuente Fanlo, Albert Anton Comas, Rosa Bartolomé Rossi, Marcello Caylá, Joán A |
author_sort | Culqui, Dante R |
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description | The aim was to describe an outbreak of group A β-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis in health care professionals. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study of 17 clients who dined at the same table in a restaurant in Barcelona in July 2012. The frequency, timing and severity of symptoms were analyzed, as were demographic variables and others concerning the food ingested. The attack rate was 58.8%. Six of the 10 clients were positive for group A β-hemolytic streptococcal. Six of the 13 individuals who handled the food involved in the dinner had symptoms. No association was identified with the food consumed. There is epidemiological evidence of foodborne group A β-hemolytic streptococcal transmission, but respiratory transmission could not be ruled out. |
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spelling | pubmed-42061512015-01-07 Group A β-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis outbreak Culqui, Dante R Manzanares-Laya, Sandra Van Der Sluis, Sarah Lafuente Fanlo, Albert Anton Comas, Rosa Bartolomé Rossi, Marcello Caylá, Joán A Rev Saude Publica Brief Communication The aim was to describe an outbreak of group A β-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis in health care professionals. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study of 17 clients who dined at the same table in a restaurant in Barcelona in July 2012. The frequency, timing and severity of symptoms were analyzed, as were demographic variables and others concerning the food ingested. The attack rate was 58.8%. Six of the 10 clients were positive for group A β-hemolytic streptococcal. Six of the 13 individuals who handled the food involved in the dinner had symptoms. No association was identified with the food consumed. There is epidemiological evidence of foodborne group A β-hemolytic streptococcal transmission, but respiratory transmission could not be ruled out. Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo 2014-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4206151/ /pubmed/24897054 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0034-8910.2014048005091 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Brief Communication Culqui, Dante R Manzanares-Laya, Sandra Van Der Sluis, Sarah Lafuente Fanlo, Albert Anton Comas, Rosa Bartolomé Rossi, Marcello Caylá, Joán A Group A β-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis outbreak |
title | Group A β-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis
outbreak |
title_full | Group A β-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis
outbreak |
title_fullStr | Group A β-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis
outbreak |
title_full_unstemmed | Group A β-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis
outbreak |
title_short | Group A β-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis
outbreak |
title_sort | group a β-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis
outbreak |
topic | Brief Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4206151/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24897054 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0034-8910.2014048005091 |
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