Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Group A Streptococcal Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections: A Retrospective Cohort Study
The significant decrease of GAS-NSTIs during the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions suggests that isolation measures may have prevented the transmission of GAS, resulting in a decline of GAS-NSTIs while NSTIs caused by bacteria transmitted by alternative routes persisted.
Authors
- Angeliki M. Andrianaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2399-1946)
- Pascal M. Frey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6161-0919)
- Annelies S. Zinkernagel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4700-1118)
- Silvio D. Brugger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9492-9088)
- David M. Weller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8533-7136)
- Gioia Epprecht
- Daniel A. Hofmaenner
Institutions
- University Hospital of Bern (CH)
- University Hospital of Zurich (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-09-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae572
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71
Funders
- Universität Zürich
- Universitätsspital Zürich