Burden of group A streptococcal meningitis in Salvador, Brazil: report of 11 years of population-based surveillance

BACKGROUND: Over recent decades, a resurgence of invasive group A streptococcal (GAS) infections has been observed; GAS remains a rare cause of pyogenic meningitis. We report herein population-based findings of long-term surveillance for GAS meningitis in Salvador, Brazil, and estimate the overall b...

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Hauptverfasser: Santos, Milena Soares, de Sousa Ribeiro, Guilherme, Oliveira, Tainara Queiroz, Santos, Renan Cardoso Nery, Gouveia, Edilane, Salgado, Kátia, Takahashi, Daniele, Fontes, Cleuber, Campos, Leila Carvalho, Reis, Mitermayer Galvão, Ko, Albert Icksang, Reis, Joice Neves
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: 2008
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2733169/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19019714
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2008.09.006
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