Volume 28, Number 5—May 2022
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis
Invasive Group A Streptococcus Outbreaks Associated with Home Healthcare, England, 2018–2019
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![Timeline of cases in 9 home healthcare–associated invasive group A Streptococcus (iGAS) infection outbreaks, England, January 1, 2018–August 31, 2019. Vertical black line indicates date that outbreak was declared. Diamonds indicate day of initial detection of iGAS cases: blue diamonds represent patients that survived, red diamonds patients that died. Data from outbreak 10 (39 cases, 15 deaths) were not available.](/eid/images/21-1497-F2.jpg)
Figure 2. Timeline of cases in 9 home healthcare–associated invasive group A Streptococcus (iGAS) infection outbreaks, England, January 1, 2018–August 31, 2019. Vertical black line indicates date that outbreak was declared. Diamonds indicate day of initial detection of iGAS cases: blue diamonds represent patients that survived, red diamonds patients that died. Data from outbreak 10 (39 cases, 15 deaths) were not available.
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