Publications

Clinical Treatment Guidelines

• Committee on Infectious Diseases. Group A streptococcal infectionsexternal icon. In Kimberlin DW, Brady MT, Jackson MA, Long SS, editors. 30th ed. Red Book: 2015 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. Elk Grove Village (IL). American Academy of Pediatrics. 2015:732–44.
• Gerber MA, Baltimore RS, Eaton CB, Gewitz M, Rowley AH, Shulman ST, et al. Prevention of rheumatic fever and diagnosis and treatment of acute streptococcal pharyngitis: A scientific statement from the American Heart Association Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease Committee of the Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, the Interdisciplinary Council on Functional Genomics and Translational Biology, and the Interdisciplinary Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research: Endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatricsexternal icon. Circulation. 2009;119(11):1541–51.
• Shulman ST, Bisno AL, Clegg HW, Gerber MA, Kaplan EL, Lee G, et al. Clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and management of group A streptococcal pharyngitis: 2012 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of Americaexternal icon. Clin Infect Dis. 2012;55(10):1279–82.
• Dooling KL, Shapiro DJ, Van Beneden C, Hersh AL, Hicks LA. Overprescribing and inappropriate antibiotic selection for children with pharyngitis in the United States, 1997–2010external icon. JAMA Pediatr. 2014;168(11):1073–4.

Prevention Guidelines

• Vekemans J, Gouvea-Reis F, Kim JH, et al. The path to group A Streptococcus vaccines: WHO research and development technology roadmap and preferred product characteristicsexternal icon. Clin Infect Dis. 2019;69(5):877–83.
• Prevention of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections Workshop Participants. Prevention of invasive group A streptococcal disease among household contacts of case patients and among postpartum and postsurgical patients: Recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionexternal icon. Clin Infect Dis. 2002;35(8):950–9. Erratum in: Clin Infect Dis. 2003;36(2):243.

Surveillance

• Adebanjo, T, Apostol M, Alden N, et al. Evaluating household transmission of invasive group A Streptococcus disease in the United States using population-based surveillance data, 2013–2016external icon. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Aug 13. [Epub ahead of print]
• Valenciano SJ, McMullen C, Torres S, Smelser C, Matanock A, Van Beneden C. Notes from the Field: Identifying risk behaviors for invasive group A Streptococcus infections among persons who inject drugs and persons experiencing homelessness — New Mexico, May 2018. Morb Mort Weekly Rep MMWR. 2019;68(8):205–6.
• Link-Gelles R, Toews K, Schaffner W, et al. Characteristics of intracranial group A streptococcal infections in U.S. children, 1997–2014external icon. J Pediatr Infect Dis Soc. 2018 Nov 21. [Epub ahead of print]
• Smeesters PR, Laho D, Beall B, Steer AC, Van Beneden CA. Seasonal, geographic, and temporal trends of emm clusters associated with invasive group A streptococcal Infections in US multistate surveillanceexternal icon. Clin Infect Dis. 2017;64(5):694–5.
• Chochua S, Metcalf BJ, Li Z, et al. Population and whole genome sequence based characterization of invasive group A streptococci recovered in the United States during 2015external icon. mBio. 2017;8(5):e01422–17.
• Langley G, Hao Y, Pondo T, et al. The impact of obesity and diabetes on the risk of disease and death due to invasive group A Streptococcus infections in adultsexternal icon. Clin Infect Dis. 2016;62(7):845–52.
• Nelson GE, Pondo T, Toews K, et al. Epidemiology of invasive group A streptococcal infections in the United States, 2005–2012external icon. Clin Infect Dis. 2016;63(4):478–86.
• O’Loughlin RE, Roberson A, Cieslak PR, et al. The epidemiology of invasive group A streptococcal infections and potential vaccine implications, United States, 2000–2004external icon. Clin Infect Dis. 2007;45:853–62.

Surveillance Guidelines

• Kotloff K, Van Beneden C. Standardization of epidemiologic protocols for surveillance of acute diseases caused by Streptococcus pyogenes: Pharyngitis, impetigo, and invasive diseases. 2008.
• Carapetis JR, Paar J, Cherian T. Standardization of epidemiologic protocols for surveillance of post-streptococcal sequelae: Acute rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease and acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis. 2006.

Outbreaks

• Nanduri SA, Metcalf BJ, Arwady MA, et al. A prolonged and large outbreak of invasive group A streptococcal disease within a nursing home: Repeated intra-facility transmission of a single strainexternal icon. J Clin Microbiol. 2019;25(2):248.e1–7.
• Adebanjo T, Mosites E, Van Beneden CA, et al. Risk factors for group A Streptococcus colonization during an outbreak among people experiencing homelessness in Anchorage, Alaska, 2017external icon. Clin Infect Dis. 2018;67(11):1784–7.
• Ahmed S, Diebold KE, Brandvold JM, et al. The role of wound care in two group A streptococcal outbreaks in a Chicago skilled nursing facility, 2015–2016external icon. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018;5(7):ofy145.
• Mosites E, Frick A, Gounder P, et al. Outbreak of invasive infections from subtype 3 group A Streptococcus among homeless adults — Anchorage, Alaska, 2016–2017external icon. Clin Infect Dis. 2017;66(7):1068–74.
• Kobayashi M, Lyman MM, Francois Watkins LK, et al. A cluster of group A streptococcal infections in a skilled nursing facility—the potential role of healthcare worker presenteeismexternal icon. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016;64(12):e279–84.
• Harrist A, Van Houten C, Shulman ST, Van Beneden C, Murphy T. Notes from the Field: Group A streptococcal pharyngitis misdiagnoses at a rural urgent-care clinic – Wyoming, March 2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016;64(50):1383–5.
• Dooling KL, Crist MB, Nguyen DB, et al. Investigation of a prolonged group A streptococcal outbreak among residents of a skilled nursing facility, Georgia, 2009–2012external icon. Clin Infect Dis. 2013;57(11):1562–7.
• Deutscher M, Schillie S, Gould C, et al. Investigation of a group A streptococcal outbreak among residents of a long-term acute care hospitalexternal icon. Clin Infect Dis. 2011;52(8):988–94.
• CDC. Invasive group A Streptococcus in a skilled nursing facility–Pennsylvania, 2009–2010. MMWR. 2011;60(42):1445–9.
• Jordan HT, Richards CL Jr, Burton DC, Thigpen MC, Van Beneden CA. Group A streptococcal disease in long-term care facilities: Descriptive epidemiology and potential control measuresexternal icon. Clin Infect Dis. 2007;45(6):742–52.
• Smith A, Li A, Tolomeo O, Tyrrell GJ, Jamieson F, Fisman D. Mass antibiotic treatment for group A Streptococcus outbreaks in two long-term care facilitiesexternal icon. Emer Infect Dis. 2003;9(10):1260–5.
• CDC. Outbreak of group A streptococcal pneumonia among Marine Corps recruits — California, November 1–December 20, 2002. MMWR. 2003;52(6):106–9.
• CDC. Varicella related deaths among children — United States, 1997. MMWR. 1998;47(18):365–8.
• CDC. Outbreak of invasive group A Streptococcus associated with varicella in a childcare center — Boston, Massachusetts, 1997. MMWR. 1997;46(40):944–8.
• CDC. Use of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for investigation of a cluster of invasive group A streptococcal illness — Spokane, Washington, 1999. MMWR. 1999;48(31):681–3.

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