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Clinical and microbial characteristics of invasive Streptococcus pyogenes disease in New Caledonia, a region in Oceania with a high incidence of acute rheumatic fever.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2010
Le Hello S, Doloy A, Baumann F, Roques N, Coudene P, Rouchon B, Lacassin F, Bouvet A
Abstract excerpt
New Caledonia is an archipelago in the South Pacific with a high prevalence of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. Conducted in 2006, this study aimed at characterizing clinical manifestations and microbial features of isolates obtained from invasive Streptococcus pyogenes disease....
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