We report an outbreak of invasive and non-invasive disease due to an unusual type of Streptococcus pyogenes(group A Streptococcus, emm66) among a vulnerable, largely homeless population in southern England and Wales, detected in September 2016. Twenty-seven confirmed cases were subsequently identified between 5 January and 29 December 2016; 20 injected drugs and six reported problematic alcohol use. To date, we have ruled out drug-related vehicles of infection and identified few common risk factors.
Ongoing outbreak of invasive and non-invasive disease due to group A Streptococcus (GAS) type emm66 among homeless and people who inject drugs in England and Wales, January to December 2016 / N. Bundle, L. Bubba, J. Coelho, R. Kwiatkowska, R. Cloke, S. King, J. Rajan-Iyer, M. Courtney-Pillinger, C.R. Beck, V. Hope, T. Lamagni, C.S. Brown, D. Jermacane, R. Glass, M. Desai, M. Gobin, S. Balasegaram, C. Anderson. - In: EUROSURVEILLANCE. - ISSN 1560-7917. - 22:3(2017 Jan), pp. 2-7. [10.2807/1560-7917.es.2017.22.3.30446]
Ongoing outbreak of invasive and non-invasive disease due to group A Streptococcus (GAS) type emm66 among homeless and people who inject drugs in England and Wales, January to December 2016
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2017
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We report an outbreak of invasive and non-invasive disease due to an unusual type of Streptococcus pyogenes(group A Streptococcus, emm66) among a vulnerable, largely homeless population in southern England and Wales, detected in September 2016. Twenty-seven confirmed cases were subsequently identified between 5 January and 29 December 2016; 20 injected drugs and six reported problematic alcohol use. To date, we have ruled out drug-related vehicles of infection and identified few common risk factors.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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