Increased Incidence and Severity of Group A Streptococcal Infections in Children in Southeast Texas From June 2022 to May 2023
In June 2022-May 2023, there was a 5-fold surge of invasive GAS infection cases in children at Texas Children's Hospital compared with the previous 3 years. These cases required greater intensive care unit hospitalization and respiratory support requirements due to higher rates of complicated pneumonia.
Authors
- John W. Powell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9815-9081)
- Belkys C. Sanchez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7290-1460)
- James J. Dunn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7964-281X)
- Denver Niles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7452-4366)
- Julia D. Hankins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3715-6274)
- Ruth Ann Luna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6104-0872)
- Coreen Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6916-6450)
- Jennifer K. Spinler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7830-7665)
- Jessica K. Runge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9375-9651)
- Angela V. Serrano
Institutions
- University of Kansas (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- Texas Children's Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
- Published
- 2025-01-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0000000000004577
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.64