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- Title
Prevention of invasive group A streptococcal disease among household contacts of case-patients.
- Authors
Birkhead, Guthrie; Cartter, Matthew L.; Gerber, Michael A.; Green, Karen; Hierholzer, Walter; Kaplan, Edward L.; Levine, Orin S.; McGeer, Allison; Schwartz, Benjamin; Shulman, Stanford T.; Stevens, Dennis; Yogev, Ram
- Abstract
Summarizes data on risk of invasive group A streptococcal disease among household contacts of case patients and the efficacy of chemoprophylaxis. Participants; Evidence; Consensus process used by the Working Group convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Conclusion recommending decisions regarding chemoprophylaxis should be based on risk assessment associated with each case.
- Subjects
STREPTOCOCCAL diseases; CHEMOPREVENTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 1998, Vol 279, Issue 15, p1206
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article