Active Bacterial Core Surveillance (ABCs) Report Emerging Infections Program Network : Group A Streptococcus\u20141998

ABCs Areas: California (3 county San Francisco Bay area); Connecticut; Georgia (20 county Atlanta area); Maryland (6 county Baltimore area); Minnesota (7 county Twin Cities area); New York (7 county Rochester area); Oregon (3 county Portland area)ABCs Population: The surveillance areas represent 17,520,505 persons. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1998ABCs 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.Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 1999. Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Report, Emerging Infections Program Network, Group A Streptococcus, 1998.Sep99 File - 14Oct1999Publication date from document properties. Created: 2/11/10; modified: 1/22/14gas98.pdf2014651