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High burden of invasive beta-haemolytic streptococcal infections in Fiji.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 May 2008
Steer A C, Jenney A J W, Oppedisano F, Batzloff M R, Hartas J, Passmore J, Russell F M, Kado J H H, Carapetis J R
Abstract excerpt
We undertook a 5-year retrospective study of group A streptococcal (GAS) bacteraemia in Fiji, supplemented by a 9-month detailed retrospective study of beta-haemolytic streptococcal (BHS) infections. The all-age incidence of GAS bacteraemia over 5 years was 11.6/100,000. Indigenous Fijians were 4.7 times more likely to present with invasive BHS disease than people of other ethnicities, and 6.4 times more likely...
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