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Outbreak of Streptococcus pyogenes infection in healthcare workers in a paediatric intensive care unit: transmission from a single patient.

Epidemiology and infection - 1 Feb 2013

Montes M, Tamayo E, Oñate E, Pérez-Yarza E G, Pérez-Trallero E

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A 15-h stay in a paediatric intensive care unit by a girl with generalized dermal lesions superinfected with Streptococcus pyogenes led to four streptococcal infections in healthcare workers. Phenotypic and molecular analyses of the strains revealed that four isolates, characterized as emm87/ST62/T28, were identical to the isolate obtained from the index case. The occurrence of this outbreak, despite of the...

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PMID: 22717031
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812000751
PMCID: PMC9152068

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