title: Necrotising fasciitis associated with invasive group A streptococcal infections in England and Wales.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Laboratory Service Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Central Public Health Laboratory, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Monnickendam
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: McEvoy
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Blake
authors.forename: E T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Gaworzewska
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hallas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tanna
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Efstratiou
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: George
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D019115:Fasciitis, Necrotizing / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012703:Serotyping; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000453:epidemiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014852:Wales / Q000453:epidemiology