Postpartum Group A Streptococcus Case Series: Reach Out to Infection Prevention!

A series of postpartum Streptococcus pyogenes infections prompted an investigation to rule out potential transmission by a health care worker. None of the hospital staff screened were colonized. All isolates were determined to be unrelated by molecular methods, including whole-genome sequencing. Thu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Alexander, Andrew J, Myers, Carol, Beres, Stephen B, Olsen, Randall J, Musser, James M, Mangino, Julie E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
Materias:
ID Case
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6051448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30038929
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy159
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Sumario:A series of postpartum Streptococcus pyogenes infections prompted an investigation to rule out potential transmission by a health care worker. None of the hospital staff screened were colonized. All isolates were determined to be unrelated by molecular methods, including whole-genome sequencing. Thus, nosocomial transmission was considered unlikely.

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