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Invasive group A streptococcal infection in high school football players, New York City, 2003.

Manning, Susan E; Lee, Elsie; Bambino, Maribeth; Ackelsberg, Joel; Weiss, Don; Sathyakumar, Chiminyan; Kornblum, John; Barbot, Oxiris; Johnson, Dwight; Kaplan, Edward L; Layton, Marcelle.

Emerg Infect Dis ; 11(1): 146-9, 2005 Jan.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15705342

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After being notified that 2 high school football teammates from New York City were hospitalized with confirmed or suspected invasive group A streptococcal infections, we conducted an investigation of possible spread among other team members. This investigation highlights a need for guidelines on management of streptococcal and other infectious disease outbreaks in team sport settings.

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Football , Schools , Streptococcal Infections/diagnosis , Streptococcal Infections/transmission , Streptococcus pyogenes/isolation & purification , Adolescent , Adult , Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Bacteremia/diagnosis , Bacteremia/epidemiology , Bacteremia/microbiology , Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field , Humans , Male , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Middle Aged , New York City/epidemiology , Pyoderma/diagnosis , Pyoderma/epidemiology , Pyoderma/microbiology , Streptococcal Infections/epidemiology , Streptococcal Infections/microbiology , Streptococcus pyogenes/classification , Streptococcus pyogenes/drug effects , Streptococcus pyogenes/genetics , Surveys and Questionnaires , Thrombophlebitis/diagnosis , Thrombophlebitis/epidemiology , Thrombophlebitis/microbiology

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