Clinical and molecular epidemiological features of critically ill patients with invasive group A Streptococcus infections: a Belgian multicenter case-series.
Marijke PeetermansVeerle MatheeussenCedric MoermanFréderic De RydtSabine ThierenEmily PolletMichael P CasaerBenjamin De BackerRudi De PaepYves DebaveyeLars DesmetStefanie DesmetEls I M DuvalVincent FraipontDieter GeyselsGreet HermansFrederik LahayeXavier MathyPhilippe MeerssemanCécile MeexJozef Van HerckStefanie van Kleef-van KoeveringeNathalie LayiosJoost WautersPhilippe G JorensPublished in: Annals of intensive care (2024)
lineage in Belgium, but other factors may be at play-including intense circulation of respiratory viruses and potentially an immune debt after the COVID pandemic. Importantly, critical care physicians should include S. pyogenes as causative pathogen in the differential diagnosis of sCAP.