Increase of Severe Pulmonary Infections in Adults Caused by M1UK Streptococcus pyogenes, Central Scotland, UK

Abstract

We characterized the epidemiology, host–pathogen characteristics, and outcomes of severe adult pulmonary Streptococcus pyogenes infections that coincided with a high community caseload in central Scotland, UK. The pulmonary infections had high illness and death rates and were associated with socioeconomic deprivation, influenza A co-infection, and the M1UK lineage of S. pyogenes.

Keywords

• streptococci
• group A Streptococcus
• necrotizing pneumonia
• M1UK
• Streptococcus pyogenes
• Scotland