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Volume 9, Number 4—April 2003
Research

Risk for Severe Group A Streptococcal Disease among Patients’ Household Contacts

Katherine A. Robinson*Comments to Author , Gretchen Rothrock†‡, Quyen N. Phan§, Brenda Sayler, Karen Stefonek#, Chris Van Beneden*, Orin S. Levine*, and for the Active Bacterial Core Surveillance/Emerging Infections Program Network
Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; †California Department of Health Services, Oakland, California, USA; ‡University of California, Berkeley, California, USA; §Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; #Oregon Department of Human Resources, Portland, Oregon, USA

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Table 1

Demographic and clinical features of household contacts of invasive group A streptococcus index patientsa

Demographic or clinical feature No. of household contactsb Proportion of all household contacts (%)
Age (in y)c
0–4
 177
 11.9
5–17
 398
 26.7
18–34
 324
 21.7
35–49
 290
 19.5
50–64
 157
 10.5
>65
 145
 9.7
Sexd
Male
 697
 46
Female
 810
 54
Underlying medical condition
Chronic lung disease
 46
 3.0
Congestive heart failure
 39
 2.6
Insulin-dependent diabetes
 32
 2.1
Cancer (except skin)
 23
 1.5
Other immunocompromising conditionse
 18
 1.2
Liver disease
 11
 0.7
Chronic kidney disease 6 0.4

aN=1,514.
bHousehold contacts are counted more than once if multiple conditions exist.
cAge was missing for 23 household contacts.
dSex was unknown for seven household contacts.
eIncludes HIV infection, AIDS, intravenous drug use, chemotherapy for cancer, steroid use for other conditions such as recent organ transplant, or any illness from excessive use of alcohol.

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