SEVERE INVASIVE GROUP-A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS IN ONTARIO, CANADA - 1987-1991
SEVERE INVASIVE GROUP-A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS IN ONTARIO, CANADA - 1987-1991
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DOI:
10.1093/clind/16.6.792
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发表时间:
1993-06-01
影响因子:
11.8
通讯作者:
LOW, DE
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作者:
DEMERS, B;SIMOR, AE;LOW, DE
During the past few years, there has been an apparent increase in serious infections due to group A streptococci (GAS) worldwide. We describe our experience with severe invasive GAS infections in Ontario, Canada, during the past 5 years (February 1987 through December 1991). A case was defined as the isolation of GAS from blood or normally sterile tissue in association with hypotension (systolic blood pressure,