Streptococcal infections references

Publications by year

• 2009 
• 2008 
• 2007 
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 2003
• Pre 2003

HPA HPR-Weekly publications are listed under Epidemiological data

2009

• Lamagni TL, Neal S, Keshishian C, Powell D, Potz N, Pebody R, et al. Predictors of mortality after severe Streptococcus pyogenes infection. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009; 15 (8) 1304-1307
• Lamagni TL, Efstratiou A, Dennis J, Nair P, Kearney J, George R, on behalf of the national incident management team. Increase in invasive group A streptococcal infections in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2008-9.   Euro Surveill. 2009;14(5):pii=19110.

2008

• Lamagni TL, Neal S, Keshishian C, Hope V, George R, Duckworth G, Vuopio-Varkila J and Efstratiou A. Epidemic of severe Streptococcus pyogenes infections in injecting drug users in the UK, 2003–2004 Clin Microbiol Infect Published Online: Oct 21 2008 3:29PM
• Lamagni TL, et al. Epidemiology of Severe Streptococcus pyogenes  Disease in Europe. J Clin Microbiol  2008; 46 (7):2359-2367.
• HPA. Group A streptococcal infections: update on seasonal activity, 2007/08. Health Protection Report  [serial online] 2008; 2 (25).
• HPA. Group A streptococcal infections: 2007/2008 seasonal update. Health Protection Report  [serial online] 2008; 2 (15).
• Lamagni TL, Neal S, Keshishian C, Alhaddad N, George R, Duckworth G, Vuopio-Varkila J and Efstratiou A. Severe Streptococcus pyogenes Infections, United Kingdom, 2003-2004. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008; 14 (2) 202 -209.

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2007

• Neal S, Beall B, Ekelund K, Henriques-Normark B, Jasir A, Johnson D et al.International quality assurance study for characterization of Streptococcus pyogenes. J Clin Microbiol 2007; 45(4):1175-1179.
• Tanna A, Emery M, Dhami C, Arnold E, Efstratiou A. Molecular characterization of clinical isolates of M non-typable group A streptococci from invasive disease cases. J Med Microbiol 2006; 55(Pt 10):1419-1423.

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2006

• Efstratiou A, et al. Beta-Haemolytic Streptococci. In: Gillespie SH, Hawkey P, editors. Principles and Practice of Clinical Bacteriology. Chichester: Wiley, 2006: 3-20.
• McNab R, et al. Oral and Other Non b-haemolytic Streptococci. In: Gillespie SH, Hawkey P, editors. Principles and Practice of Clinical Bacteriology. Chichester: Wiley, 2006: 21-39.
• HPA. Scarlet fever outbreak in two nurseries in south west England. Comm Dis Rep CDR Wkly [serial online] 2006; 16(9).

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2005

• Lamagni TL, et al. Strep-EURO. The epidemiology of severe Streptococcus pyogenes associated disease in Europe. (PDF, 628 KB). Euro Surveill. 2005; 10(9): 179-184
• Smith A , et al. Invasive group A streptococcal disease: should close community contacts routinely receive antibiotic prophylaxis? Lancet Infect Dis 2005; 5 (8): 494-500

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2004

• HPA. Group A Streptococcus Working Group. Interim UK Guidelines for management of close community contacts of invasive group A streptococcal disease.  Commun DIs Public Health 2004; 7 (4): 354-361
• HPA. First year of the enhanced surveillance of group A streptococcal infections. Commun Dis Rep Wkly [serial online] 2004; 14(16)
• Weisner AM et al. Characterisation of group B streptococci recovered from infants with invasive disease in England and Wales. Clin Infec Dis 2004; 38: 1203-8
• Heath PT, et al. Group B streptococcal disease in UK and Irish infants younger than 90 days. Lancet 2004; 363:292-4

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2003

• Efstratiou A, et al. Increasing incidence of group A streptococcal infections amongst injecting drug users in England and Wales. J Med Microbiol 2003; 52: 525-6

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Pre 2003

• Facklam R, et al. Extension of the Lancefield Classification for Group A Streptococci by Addition of 22 New M Protein Gene Sequence Types from Clinical Isolates:emm103 to emm124. Clin Infect Dis 2002; 34: 28-38
• PHLS. Enhanced surveillance of group A streptococcal infections. Commun Dis Rep Wkly [serial online] 2002 12 (51)
• PHLS. Group A Streptococcal bacteraemia among injecting drug users. Commun Dis Rep Wlky [seial online] 2002; 12(22)
• PHLS. Incidence of group B streptococcal disease in infants aged less than 90 days. Commun Dis Rep Wkly [serial online] 2002; 12(16)
• Johnson AP, et al. Antibiotic susceptibility of streptococci and related genera causing endocarditis: analysis of UK reference laboratory referrals; January 1996 to March 2000. BMJ 2001; 322: 395-6
• Efstratiou A. Group A Streptococci in the 1990s. J Antimircrob Chemother 2000; 45 Suppl:3-12

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