Changing Pattern of Clinical Illness in Children with Group A Streptococcal Bacteremia

Objective: To test the hypothesis that bacteremia caused by group A streptococci (gas) has become more common and the presentation of the infection more severe in the Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children during the past decade.

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Main Authors: Kim J Burrows, Scott A Halperin, Margaret Swift, Robert Bortolussi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1993-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1993/916470
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spelling doaj-art-e161316479f341b8ab1be76d37f89a4c2025-02-03T07:25:57ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases1180-23321993-01-014634134610.1155/1993/916470Changing Pattern of Clinical Illness in Children with Group A Streptococcal BacteremiaKim J Burrows0Scott A Halperin1Margaret Swift2Robert Bortolussi3Department of Pediatrics and Microbiology, Dalhousie University, Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaDepartment of Pediatrics and Microbiology, Dalhousie University, Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaDepartment of Pediatrics and Microbiology, Dalhousie University, Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaDepartment of Pediatrics and Microbiology, Dalhousie University, Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaObjective: To test the hypothesis that bacteremia caused by group A streptococci (gas) has become more common and the presentation of the infection more severe in the Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children during the past decade.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1993/916470
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Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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title_short Changing Pattern of Clinical Illness in Children with Group A Streptococcal Bacteremia
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