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Invasive group A streptococcal infection in high school football players, New York City, 2003 |
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| Authors: | Manning Susan E Lee Elsie Bambino Maribeth Ackelsberg Joel Weiss Don Sathyakumar Chiminyan Kornblum John Barbot Oxiris Johnson Dwight Kaplan Edward L Layton Marcelle |
| Affiliation: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. aci6@cdc.gov |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Keywords: | Group A Streptococcus GAS invasive GAS competitive sports antibiotic prophylaxis for GAS athletic teams dispatch |
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