Predictors of death after severe Streptococcus pyogenes infection

Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Aug;15(8):1304-7. doi: 10.3201/eid1508.090264.

Abstract

An evaluation of the relative importance of host and pathogen factors on the survival rate of patients with invasive Streptococcus pyogenes infection found a number of clinical and demographic factors to be associated with risk for death. Some evidence suggested a seasonal pattern to patient survival rate.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Cellulitis / mortality
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / mortality
  • Fasciitis, Necrotizing / mortality
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Kaplan-Meier Estimate
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pregnancy
  • Risk Factors
  • Streptococcal Infections / mortality*
  • Streptococcus pyogenes* / classification
  • Streptococcus pyogenes* / pathogenicity
  • Time Factors
  • United Kingdom / epidemiology
  • Young Adult