Severe invasive Streptococcus pyogenes infections: A 15-year observational study with molecular characterization of isolates among intensive care adults
The incidence of iGAS infections requiring ICU admission showed no significant increase post-Coronavirus Disease-19 pandemic. The highly toxigenic M1uk strain became predominant, but it was not associated with worse mortality among adult ICU patients.
Authors
- Izaskun Azkarate
- Jordi Rello (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0676-6210)
- Milagrosa Montes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6554-4912)
- Iñigo Ansa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0810-6435)
- Loreto Vidaur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6720-4900)
- Diego A. Vicente (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8613-9027)
- Estibaliz Salas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1380-477X)
Institutions
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ES)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier (FR)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (ES)
- Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute (ES)
- Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Intensive Medicine
- Published
- 2025-09-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jointm.2025.06.001
- Primary Topic
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00