Group a β-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis outbreak
Culqui, Dante R. (Instituto de Salud Carlos III)
Manzanares-Laya, Sandra (Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona)
Sluis, Sarah Lafuente Van Der (Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona)
Fanlo, Albert Anton (Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona)
Bartolomé Comas, Rosa Maria (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron)
Rossi, Marcello (Instituto de Salud Carlos III)
Caylà, Joan A (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Date:	2014
Abstract:	The aim was to describe an outbreak of group A β-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngotonsillitis in health care professionals. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study of 17 clients who dined at the same table in a restaurant in Barcelona in July 2012. The frequency, timing and severity of symptoms were analyzed, as were demographic variables and others concerning the food ingested. The attack rate was 58. 8%. Six of the 10 clients were positive for group A β-hemolytic streptococcal. Six of the 13 individuals who handled the food involved in the dinner had symptoms. No association was identified with the food consumed. There is epidemiological evidence of foodborne group A β-hemolytic streptococcal transmission, but respiratory transmission could not be ruled out.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Disease Outbreaks ; Food Contamination ; Pharyngitis ; Streptococcal Infections, epidemiology ; Tonsillitis
Published in:	Revista de saúde pública, Vol. 48 Núm. 2 (2014) , p. 322-325, ISSN 0034-8910

DOI: 10.1590/S0034-8910.2014048005091
PMID: 24897054

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