Changes in Group A Streptococcus emm Types Associated with Invasive Infections in Adults, Spain, 2023

Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Nov;29(11):2390-2392. doi: 10.3201/eid2911.230857.ABSTRACTAn increase in invasive group A Streptococcus infection was detected in the northeast of Spain in November 2022. A postpandemic decline in the diversity of circulating emm types involved in invasive group A Streptococcus was observed, along with the emergence of emm49 in this geographic area.PMID:37877666 | DOI:10.3201/eid2911.230857

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - October 25, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Alba Bell és-Bellés N úria Prim Saray Mormeneo-Bayo Pilar Villal ón-Panzano M ónica Valiente-Novillo Alfredo Jover-S áenz N úria Aixalà Albert Bernet Éric López-González Ivan Prats Merc è García-González Source Type: research