Publications
Clinical Treatment Guidelines
- 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 Pediatrics. 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 America. Clin Infect Dis. 2012;55(10):1279–82.
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 characteristics. 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 Prevention. Clin Infect Dis. 2002;35(8):950–9. Erratum in: Clin Infect Dis. 2003;36(2):243.
- 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, 2013–2016. Clin Infect Dis. 2020;70(7):1478–81.
- Fay K, Onukwube J, Chochua S, et al. Patterns of antibiotic nonsusceptibility among invasive group a Streptococcus infections—United States, 2006–2017. Clin Infect Dis. 2021;73(11):1957–64.
Progress Towards Vaccines
- Beall B, Van Beneden C. Challenges to vaccine development: The diversity of group A streptococcal strains among varied climates and global regions. J Infect Dis. 2020;221(9):1394–7.
Surveillance
- Valenciano SJ, Onukwube J, Spiller MW, et al. Invasive group A streptococcal infections among people who inject drugs and people experiencing homelessness in the United States, 2010–2017. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Jun 17;ciaa787. [Epub ahead of print.]
- Lewnard JA, King LM, Fleming-Dutra KE, Link-Gelles R, Van Beneden CA. Incidence of pharyngitis, sinusitis, acute otitis media, and outpatient antibiotic prescribing preventable by vaccination against group A Streptococcus in the United States. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 May 6:ciaa529. [Epub ahead of print.]
- Shapiro DJ, King LM, Fleming-Dutra KE, Hicks LA, Hersh AL. Association between use of diagnostic tests and antibiotic prescribing for pharyngitis in the United States. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020;41(4):479–81.
- 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. 2020;9(1):30–35.
- 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 surveillance. 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 2015. 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 adults. 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, 2005–2012. 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, 2000–2004. 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 strain. 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, 2017. 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, 2015–2016. 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, 2016–2017. 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 presenteeism. 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, 2009–2012. 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 hospital. 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 measures. 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 facilities. 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.