Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2005)

Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infection in High School Football Players, New York City, 2003

  • Susan E. Manning,
  • Elsie Lee,
  • Maribeth Bambino,
  • Joel Ackelsberg,
  • Don Weiss,
  • Chiminyan Sathyakumar,
  • John Kornblum,
  • Oxiris Barbot,
  • Dwight Johnson,
  • Edward L. Kaplan,
  • Marcelle Layton

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1101.040559
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 146 – 149

Abstract

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After being notified that 2 high school football teammates 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.

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