Secular trends of Streptococcus pyogenes sepsis in Pakistan and analysis of clinical features in a hospitalized cohort

• Published in: Tropical biomedicine Vol. 34; no. 3; p. 648
• Main Authors: Shakoor, S, Khan, E, Mir, F, Malik, F R, Jamil, B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysia 01.09.2017

Streptococcus pyogenes or Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is a re-emerging pathogen of significant public health importance. We present trends in GAS blood cultures over a 10 year period in Pakistan and characteristics of hospitalized patients with GAS sepsis over three years at a tertiary care hospital...