Giuseppe
Emeritus
Group A streptococcal infections during the seasonal influenza outbreak 2010/11 in South East England (Euro Surveill., abstract, edited)
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: <cite cite="http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19780">Eurosurveillance - View Article</cite>. Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 5, 03 February 2011
Rapid communications
Group A streptococcal infections during the seasonal influenza outbreak 2010/11 in South East England
J Scaber 1, S Saeed 2, C Ihekweazu 2, A Efstratiou 3, N McCarthy 1, ? O?Moore 1
1. Thames Valley Health Protection Unit, Health Protection Agency, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
2. South East Regional Epidemiology Unit, Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom
3. Streptococcus and Diphtheria Reference Unit, Respiratory and Systemic Infection Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, London, United Kingdom
Citation style for this article: Scaber J, Saeed S, Ihekweazu C, Efstratiou A, McCarthy N, O?Moore ?. Group A streptococcal infections during the seasonal influenza outbreak 2010/11 in South East England. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(5)
ii=19780. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19780
Date of submission: 24 January 2011
We present a series of 19 cases of invasive Group A streptococcal (iGAS) infection reported to the Thames Valley Health Protection Unit from 1 December 2010 to 15 January 2011. Ten patients died and a prodrome of influenza-like illness was reported in 14 cases. Influenza B co-infection was confirmed in four cases, three of which were fatal. Our report provides further evidence that influenza B co-infection with iGAS has the potential to cause significant morbidity and mortality.
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[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: <cite cite="http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19780">Eurosurveillance - View Article</cite>. Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 5, 03 February 2011
Rapid communications
Group A streptococcal infections during the seasonal influenza outbreak 2010/11 in South East England
J Scaber 1, S Saeed 2, C Ihekweazu 2, A Efstratiou 3, N McCarthy 1, ? O?Moore 1
1. Thames Valley Health Protection Unit, Health Protection Agency, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
2. South East Regional Epidemiology Unit, Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom
3. Streptococcus and Diphtheria Reference Unit, Respiratory and Systemic Infection Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, London, United Kingdom
Citation style for this article: Scaber J, Saeed S, Ihekweazu C, Efstratiou A, McCarthy N, O?Moore ?. Group A streptococcal infections during the seasonal influenza outbreak 2010/11 in South East England. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(5)
ii=19780. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19780Date of submission: 24 January 2011
We present a series of 19 cases of invasive Group A streptococcal (iGAS) infection reported to the Thames Valley Health Protection Unit from 1 December 2010 to 15 January 2011. Ten patients died and a prodrome of influenza-like illness was reported in 14 cases. Influenza B co-infection was confirmed in four cases, three of which were fatal. Our report provides further evidence that influenza B co-infection with iGAS has the potential to cause significant morbidity and mortality.
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