Increase in invasive group A streptococcal infection notifications, England, 2022

Increases in invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) infection and associated deaths, particularly in children, above seasonally expected levels are being seen this season (772 notifications reported in weeks 37 to 48 in 2022) across England. Diagnoses of iGAS infection from lower respiratory tract sp...

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Autores principales: Guy, Rebecca, Henderson, Katherine L, Coelho, Juliana, Hughes, Helen, Mason, Emily L, Gerver, Sarah M, Demirjian, Alicia, Watson, Conall, Sharp, Ashley, Brown, Colin S, Lamagni, Theresa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2023
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Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9817207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36695450
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.1.2200942
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author Guy, Rebecca
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description Increases in invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) infection and associated deaths, particularly in children, above seasonally expected levels are being seen this season (772 notifications reported in weeks 37 to 48 in 2022) across England. Diagnoses of iGAS infection from lower respiratory tract specimens in children under 15 years increased to 28% in November 2022. Medical practitioners have been alerted to the exceptional increase in incidence, including unusual numbers of children presenting with pulmonary empyema.
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spelling pubmed-98172072023-01-20 Increase in invasive group A streptococcal infection notifications, England, 2022 Guy, Rebecca Henderson, Katherine L Coelho, Juliana Hughes, Helen Mason, Emily L Gerver, Sarah M Demirjian, Alicia Watson, Conall Sharp, Ashley Brown, Colin S Lamagni, Theresa Euro Surveill Rapid Communication Increases in invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) infection and associated deaths, particularly in children, above seasonally expected levels are being seen this season (772 notifications reported in weeks 37 to 48 in 2022) across England. Diagnoses of iGAS infection from lower respiratory tract specimens in children under 15 years increased to 28% in November 2022. Medical practitioners have been alerted to the exceptional increase in incidence, including unusual numbers of children presenting with pulmonary empyema. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2023-01-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9817207/ /pubmed/36695450 http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.1.2200942 Text en This article is copyright of the authors or their affiliated institutions, 2023. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.
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