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Group A streptococcal outbreak of perianal infection in a day-care centre.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 1997
Muotiala A, Saxén H, Vuopio-Varkila J
Abstract excerpt
Within 9 days in a day-care centre of 20 children 3 cases and 2 suspected cases of perianal infection (PAI) were revealed. The causative agent for PAI was confirmed to be beta-haemolytic group A streptococcus (GAS). The isolates were further characterized by T- and M-serotyping, conventional restriction endonuclease analysis (REA) and pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). The typing methods revealed that all...
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