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PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
Volume 34, Issue 4, Pages 447-449Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000587
Keywords
Group A streptococcus; toxic shock syndrome; bacteremia; varicella; necrotizing fasciitis
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- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [K-08 HS013908]
- Pediatric Critical Care Scientist Development Program [K12 5K12HD047349-07]
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We analyzed characteristics of 86 Group A streptococcal bacteremia cases at Boston Children's Hospital from 1992 to2012. Twenty-three percent of children had severe disease, using intensive care unit admission (18), disability (7) or death (2) as indicators. Children with bacteremia without a source (30% of cases) were less likely to have severe disease than children with focal infections in adjusted models.
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