Increases in group A streptococcal infections in the pediatric population in Houston, TX, 2022.
Aya AboulhosnMisu A SansonLuis Alberto VegaMaria G SeguraLauren M SummerMarritta JosephJ Chase McNeilAnthony R FloresPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2023)
Beginning in October 2022, we observed a substantial increase in the total number of cases of invasive GAS disease (iGAS) in the pediatric population in Houston, TX. Emm12 GAS strains were disproportionately represented but the overall proportion of iGAS infections observed during the current spike was similar to pre-pandemic years.