Active Bacterial Core Surveillance (ABCs) Report Emerging Infections Program Network : Group A Streptococcus\u20141999

ABCs Areas: California (3 county San Francisco Bay area); Connecticut; Georgia (20 county Atlanta area); Maryland (6 county Baltimore area); Minnesota; New York (7county Rochester and 8 county Albany area); Oregon (3 county Portland area); Tennessee (5 urban counties)ABCs Population: The surveillance areas represent 23,123,537 persons. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1999ABCs 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 2012.Oct2000 File - 15Nov2000Publication date from document properties. Created: 1/19/01; modified: 1/22/14gas99.pdf2014637