Carapetis JR

Walker AM

Hibble M

Sriprakash KS

Currie, Bart

1999-02-01

Reports of increasing incidence and severity of invasive group A streptococcal (GAS) infections come mainly from affluent populations where exposure to GAS is relatively infrequent. We conducted a 6-year retrospective review of GAS bacteraemia in the Northern Territory of Australia, comparing the Aboriginal population (24% of the study population), who have high rates of other streptococcal infections and sequelae, to the non-Aboriginal population. Of 72 episodes, 44 (61%) were in Aboriginal patients. All 12 cases in children were Aboriginal. Risk factors were implicated in 82% of episodes (91% in adults) and there was no significant difference in the proportion of Aboriginal compared to non-Aboriginal patients with at least one risk factor. Genetic typing of isolates revealed no dominant strains and no evidence of a clone which has been a common cause of these infections elsewhere.

Menzies School of Health Research and Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Australia..

Epidemiol Infect . 1999 Feb;122(1):59-65. doi: 10.1017/s0950268898001952.

0950-2688

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10098786/?otool=iaurydwlib

https://hdl.handle.net/10137/6860

Adolescent

Adult

Bacteremia

Child

Child, Preschool

Endemic Diseases

Female

Humans

Incidence

Infant

Male

Middle Aged

Northern Territory

Oceanic Ancestry Group

Population Surveillance

Retrospective Studies

Risk Factors

Serotyping

Severity of Illness Index

Streptococcal Infections

Streptococcus pyogenes

Clinical and epidemiological features of group A streptococcal bacteraemia in a region with hyperendemic superficial streptococcal infection.

Journal Article

Publication