title: Alpha-hemolytic streptococcal infections among immunocompromised hosts: increasing incidence, severity and antibiotic resistance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bruckner
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gigliotti
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000150:complications; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000472:pathogenicity