Incidence and Characteristics of Scarlet Fever, South Korea, 2008-2015.
The incidence rate for scarlet fever in South Korea is rising. During 2008-2015, we collected group A Streptococcus isolates and performed emm and exotoxin genotyping and disk-diffusion antimicrobial tests. Scarlet fever in South Korea was most closely associated with emm types emm4, emm28, emm1, and emm3. In 2015, tetracycline resistance started increasing.
Duck Woong
DW
Park
Sun-Hee
SH
Kim
Jung Wook
JW
Park
Min-Ji
MJ
Kim
Sun Ju
SJ
Cho
Hye Jung
HJ
Park
So Hyang
SH
Jung
Mi Hee
MH
Seo
Yong Seok
YS
Lee
Byung Hee
BH
Kim
Hyeran
H
Min
Su Ya
SY
Lee
Dong Ryong
DR
Ha
Eun Sun
ES
Kim
Yeongjin
Y
Hong
Jae Keun
JK
Chung
D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012541:Scarlet Fever / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000235:genetics*
D001426:Bacterial Proteins
South Korea; Streptococcus pyogenes; antimicrobial resistance; bacteria; disk diffusion antimicrobial tests; emm; exotoxin; group A strep; scarlet fever; streptococci; virulence factors