Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infection in High School Football Players, New York City, 2003

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Manning, Susan E. ; Lee, Elsie ; Bambino, Maribeth ; Ackelsberg, Joel ; Weiss, Don ; Sathyakumar, Chiminyan ; Kornblum, John ; Barbot, Oxiris ; Johnson, Dwight ; Kaplan, Edward L. ; Layton, Marcelle
• Description:
  After being notified that 2 high school football teammates from New York City were hospitalized with confirmed or suspected invasive group A streptococcal infections, we conducted an investigation of possible spread among other team members. This investigation highlights a need for guidelines on management of streptococcal and other infectious disease outbreaks in team sport settings.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Anti-Bacterial Agents Bacteremia Dispatch Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field Football Humans Male Microbial Sensitivity Tests Middle Aged Pyoderma Questionnaires Schools Streptococcal Infections Streptococcus Pyogenes Thrombophlebitis

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 11(1):146-149.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York City, New York
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8d073e0f447586572a639338ee7217e9974ac7233d2ddf569a222aa3b191c538
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/7812/cdc_7812_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 136.96 KB ]