Transmission of Streptococcus pyogenes causing successive infections in a family.
The objective of this study was to determine the characteristics of Streptococcus pyogenes isolated during a 10-month period from members of a family with infections and asymptomatic carriage. T-serotyping and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis confirmed that distinct GAS clones were introduced into the family over a short period of time.
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Laboratorio de Microbiología, Ambulatorio General Solchaga, Pamplona, Spain.
Gil-Setas
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Sota de la Gándara
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Vindel
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Sáez-Nieto
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D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000635:transmission*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*