Invasive Multidrug-Resistant emm93.0 Streptococcus pyogenes Strain Harboring a Novel Genomic Island, Israel, 2017–2019

Invasive group A Streptococcus (iGAS) infections have increased in Israel since 2016 as successful lineages have emerged. We report the emergence and outbreak of a multidrug-resistant S. pyogenes emm93.0, sequence type 10, among iGAS infections in Israel since 2017. This type has been observed very...

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Main Authors: Merav Ron, Tal Brosh-Nissimov, Zinaida Korenman, Orit Treygerman, Orli Sagi, Lea Valinsky, Assaf Rokney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/1/21-0733_article