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ArticleEuropean journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology2004

Epidemiological features of invasive and noninvasive group A streptococcal disease in the Netherlands, 1992-1996.

B Vlaminckx, W van Pelt, L Schouls, A van Silfhout, C Elzenaar, E Mascini, J Verhoef, J Schellekens

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Article in European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

B VlaminckxEijkman Winkler Institute for Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Inflammation, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands. b.j.m.vlaminckx@lab.azu.nl
W van Pelt
L Schouls
A van Silfhout
C Elzenaar
E Mascini
J Verhoef
J Schellekens
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment · NLUniversity Hospital Heidelberg · DEHeidelberg University · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A prospective, nationwide, laboratory-based surveillance of invasive group A streptococcal infections was conducted in the Netherlands from 1992 through 1996. Clinical and demographic data were obtained and all isolates were T/M typed. All noninvasive group A streptococcal isolates were registered from 1994 through 1996. A total of 880 patients with invasive streptococcal disease were identified. The annual incidence was found to be 2.2 per 100,000. Predominant M types were M1 (21%), M3 (11%), M6 (5%), M12 (5%), and M28 (8%). Particular age and M-type distributions were observed in different clinical entities. The case-fatality rate was 18% overall, but it reached 59% among cases of toxic shock-like syndrome. Older age, necrotizing fasciitis, sepsis without focus, pneumonia, infection with type M1 or M3 strains, and underlying cardiopulmonary disease were associated with fatality. A total of 10,105 patients with noninvasive group A streptococcal disease were registered. These patients differed significantly from patients with invasive disease with regard to age distribution and primary foci of infection.

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