Out-of-season increase of puerperal fever with group A Streptococcus infection: a case–control study, Netherlands, July to August 2018

We observed an increase in notifications of puerperal group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections in July and August 2018 throughout the Netherlands without evidence for common sources. General practitioners reported a simultaneous increase in impetigo. We hypothesised that the outbreak of puerperal GAS...

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Published in:Euro Surveill
Main Authors: van den Boogaard, Jossy, Hahné, Susan JM, te Wierik, Margreet JM, Knol, Mirjam J, Balasegaram, Sooria, de Gier, Brechje
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2020
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Outbreaks
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7545820/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33034283
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.40.1900589
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