Post-pandemic upsurge in Group A Streptococcus infections at an Italian tertiary university hospital

Post-pandemic upsurge in Group A Streptococcus infections at an Italian tertiary university hospital

ABSTRACT Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococcus; GAS) is a pathogen of global significance. In the pre-antibiotic era, GAS was a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality, but its spread rapidly declined until the mid-2010s. The continuing increase in GAS infections, associated with th...

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Main Authors: Gabriele Arcari, Federica Novazzi, Lorenzo Colombini, Francesca Drago Ferrante, Sara Boutahar, Angelo Paolo Genoni, Gianluca Cassani, Paolo Gigante, Mattia Carbotti, Alessandro Bianco, Mariana Tirziu, Riccardo Capuano, Renee Pasciuta, Francesco Iannelli, Nicola Clementi, Francesco Santoro, Nicasio Mancini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2025-05-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
Streptococcus pyogenes
invasive infections
emm typing
genomic epidemiology
phylogenetics
antimicrobial resistance
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02494-24
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