Outbreak of postpartum group a Streptococcus infections on a labor and delivery unit.
Michael HadenChristina LiscyneskyNora E ColburnJustin SmyerKimberly MalcolmIahn GonsenhauserKara M RoodPatrick SchneiderMichele HardgrowPreeti PancholiKeelie ThomasAnita CygnorOluseun AlukoElizabeth KochNaomi TuckerJade MoweryEric BrandtKatie CibulskasMarika MohrSrinivas Acharya NanduriSopio ChochuaShandra R DayPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2024)
A healthcare-associated group A Streptococcus outbreak involving six patients, four healthcare workers, and one household contact occurred in the labor and delivery unit of an academic medical center. Isolates were highly related by whole genome sequencing. Infection prevention measures, healthcare worker screening, and chemoprophylaxis of those colonized halted further transmission.