Active Bacterial Core Surveillance (ABCs) Report Emerging Infections Program Network : Group A Streptococcus\u20142005

ABCs Areas: California (3 county San Francisco Bay area); Colorado (5 county Denver area); Connecticut; Georgia (20 county Atlanta area); Maryland (6 county Baltimore area); Minnesota; New Mexico; New York (15 county Rochester and Albany areas); Oregon (3 county Portland area); Tennessee (11 urban countiesABCs Population: The surveillance areas represent 30,056,841 persons. Source: National Center for Health Statistics bridged-race vintage 2005 postcensal file.ABCs Case Definition: Invasive group A streptococcal disease: isolation of group A Streptococcus from a normally sterile site or from a wound culture accompanied by necrotizing fasciitis or streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in a resident of a surveillance area in 2005.Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2006. Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Report, Emerging Infections Program Network, Group A Streptococcus, 2005.Nov 2006 File \u2013 14 Dec 2006Publication date from document properties.gas05.pdf201