Journal article
Group A Streptococcal Bacteremia in a Mid-South Childrenʼs Hospital
Southern medical journal (Birmingham, Ala.), Vol.86(6), pp.615-618
06/1993
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199306000-00004
PMID: 8506479
Abstract
We reviewed microbiology and infection control records at a Memphis children's hospital from 1982 to 1990 to obtain epidemiologic, clinical, and microbiologic data on group A streptococcal (GAS) bacteremia. Varicella was the underlying condition in 8 of 37 (22%) patients identified and was often associated with severe GAS disease, including toxic shock-like syndrome. Twenty-one of 31 (68%) available blood isolates made GAS pyrogenic exotoxin (SPE) B by Ouchterlony immunodiffusion; gene probes identified speC and speA in 18 (58%) and 8 (26%) isolates, respectively. The B/C toxin profile, identified in 11 (35%) isolates, was the most common profile in this population, and the overall rate for speC was higher than rates recently reported from other areas. Although the clinical significance of the toxin profiles in our population is unclear, these data emphasize the geographic and temporal variability in the microbiologic properties of GAS disease.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Group A Streptococcal Bacteremia in a Mid-South Childrenʼs Hospital
- Creators
- ROBERT J LEGGIADROMARK C BUGNITZBARBARA A PECKGARY S LUEDTKEMICHAEL H KIMEDWARD L KAPLANPATRICK M SCHLIEVERT
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Southern medical journal (Birmingham, Ala.), Vol.86(6), pp.615-618
- DOI
- 10.1097/00007611-199306000-00004
- PMID
- 8506479
- ISSN
- 0038-4348
- eISSN
- 1541-8243
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/1993
- Academic Unit
- Microbiology and Immunology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984001226502771
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