QUESTION 1: Are household contacts of patients with invasive group A streptococcal disease at higher risk of secondary infection?

Arch Dis Child. 2016 Feb;101(2):198-201. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309788.
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Keywords: Epidemiology; Infectious Diseases.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antibiotic Prophylaxis
  • Child
  • Community-Acquired Infections / transmission
  • Contact Tracing
  • Evidence-Based Medicine / methods
  • Family Health*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Streptococcal Infections / prevention & control
  • Streptococcal Infections / transmission*
  • Streptococcus pyogenes*