Detection of Epidemic Scarlet Fever Group A Streptococcus in Australia. (5th February 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Walker, Mark J; Brouwer, Stephan; Forde, Brian M; Worthing, Kate A; McIntyre, Liam; Sundac, Lana; Maloney, Sam; Roberts, Leah W; Barnett, Timothy C; Richter, Johanna; Cork, Amanda J; Irwin, Adam D; You, Yuanhai; Zhang, Jianzhong; Dougan, Gordon; Yuen, Kwok Y; Nizet, Victor; Beatson, Scott A; Grimwood, Keith; Davies, Mark R
• Is Part Of: Clinical infectious diseases. Volume 69:Number 7(2019)
• Page Start: 1232
• Page End: 1234
• Publication Date: 2019-02-05
• Subjects: Steptococcus pyogenes -- scarlet fever -- outbreak -- superantigen; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; 616.905
• DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz099
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1058-4838

Abstract

Abstract: Sentinel hospital surveillance was instituted in Australia to detect the presence of pandemic group A Streptococcus strains causing scarlet fever. Genomic and phylogenetic analyses indicated the presence of an Australian GAS emm12 scarlet fever isolate related to United Kingdom outbreak strains. National surveillance to monitor this pandemic is recommended.