An outbreak of skin sepsis in abattoir workers caused by an 'unusual' strain of Streptococcus pyogenes.

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An outbreak of indolent skin infections due to an 'unusual' serological type of Streptococcus pyogenes that lasted for 3 months and affected eight workers in an abattoir is described. The group A streptococcal (GAS) isolates were serotyped as M-type 59; however, they possessed a T-protein pattern (T5/27/44) that is not commonly associated with M-type 59. Further genotypic characterisation studies revealed that...

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