Volume 11, Number 1—January 2005
Dispatch
Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infection in High School Football Players, New York City, 2003
Susan E. Manning*†
, Elsie Lee†, Maribeth Bambino‡, Joel Ackelsberg†, Don Weiss†, Chiminyan Sathyakumar†, John Kornblum†, Oxiris Barbot†, Dwight Johnson§, Edward L. Kaplan§, and Marcelle Layton†
, Elsie Lee†, Maribeth Bambino‡, Joel Ackelsberg†, Don Weiss†, Chiminyan Sathyakumar†, John Kornblum†, Oxiris Barbot†, Dwight Johnson§, Edward L. Kaplan§, and Marcelle Layton†Table
Characterization of group A Streptococcus isolates from high-school varsity and junior varsity football players, New York City, 2003
| Specimen origin | Site | Antimicrobial susceptibility* | PFGE† | M/OF†/emm type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varsity player | ||||
| A‡ | Blood | Susceptible to all antimicrobial agents tested | 82 | |
| B | Throat | Resistant to erythromycin, susceptible to all others | Unrelated§ | 75 |
| C | Throat | Susceptible to all antimicrobial agents tested | Unrelated | 6 |
| D | Throat | Intermediate to tetracycline, susceptible to all others | Indistinguishable | 82 |
| Junior varsity player | ||||
| E | Throat | Susceptible to all antimicrobial agents tested | Unrelated | 89 |
| F | Throat | Susceptible to all antimicrobial agents tested | Unrelated | 44/61 |
| G | Throat | Susceptible to all antimicrobial agents tested | Unrelated | 28 |
| H | Throat | Susceptible to all antimicrobial agents tested | Unrelated | 118 |
*Antimicrobial agents tested: chloramphenicol, clindamycin, erythromycin, penicillin G, tetracycline, vancomycin.
†Entries represent putative genetic relatedness to the case-patient no. 1 strain A based on SmaI and SfiI DNA restriction patterns by using categories as defined by Tenover et al. (5). The results obtained with Sfi I correlated completely with the results obtained with SmaI; PFGE, pulse-field gel electrophoresis; OF, opacity-factor.
‡Case-patient #1.
§Specimen B was nontypable with SmaI but was typable with SfiI.
