Group A Streptococcus Publications: MSH & TML

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Group A Streptococcus

Publications:

Borgia SM, Low DE, Andrighetti S, Rau NV. Group A streptococcal sepsis secondary to peritonitis and acute pelvic inflammatory disease. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2001 Jun;20(6):437-9.

Sharkawy A, Low DE, Saginur R, Gregson D, Schwartz B, Jessamine P, Green K, McGeer A. Severe group a streptococcal soft-tissue infections in Ontario: 1992-1996. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Feb 15;34(4):454-60.

Norrby-Teglund, A., Chatallier, S., Low, D., McGeer, A., Green, K., and M. Kotb. Host variation in cytokine responses to superantigens determine the severity of invasive group A streptococcal infection. Eur J Immunol. 2000 Nov;30(11):3247-55.

Laupland, K.B., Davies, H.D., Low, D.E., Schwartz, B., Green, K., The Ontario Group A Streptococcal Study Group and McGeer, A. Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease in Children and Association with Varicella-Zoster Infection. Pediatrics. 105 [5] May 2000.

Nizet, V., Beall, B., Bast, D.J., Datta, V., Kilburn, L., Low, D.E., and de Azavedo, J.C.S. (2000). Genetic Locus for Streptolysin S production by Group A Streptococcus. Infect. Immun. 68:4245-4254.

de Azavedo, J.C.S., Yeung, R.H., Bast, D.J., Duncan, C.L., Borgia, S.B., and Low, D.E. (1999). Prevalence and mechanisms of macrolide resistance in clinical isolates of Group A Streptococci from Ontario, Canada. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 43:2144-2147.

Hoe, N.P., Nakashima, K., Kukopmski, S., Grigsby, D., Liu, M., Kordari, P., Dou, S.J., Pan, X., Vuopio-Varkila, J., Samenlinna, S., McGeer, A., Low, D. E., Schwartz, B., Schuchat, A., Naidich, S., de Lorenzo, D., Fu, Y. X., Musser, J. M. Rapid selection of structural variants of group A streptococcus complement-inhibiting protein sustains and enlarges serotype M1 epidemic waves. Nature Medicine. 5 [8], 924-929 1999.

Haywood, C. T., McGeer, A., and Low, D. E. Clinical experience with 20 cases of group A streptococcus necrotizing fasciitis and myonecrosis: 1995 to 1997 Plast.Reconstr.Surg. 103[6], 1567-1573. 1999.

Basma, H., Norrby-Teglund, A., Guedez, Y., McGeer, A., Low, D. E., El-Ahmedy, O., Schwartz, B., and Kotb, M. Risk factors in the pathogenesis of invasive group A streptococcal infections: role of protective humoral immunity. Infect.Immun. 67[4], 1871-1877. 1999.

Kaul, R., McGeer, A., Norrby-Teglund, A., Kotb, M., Schwartz, B., O’Rourke, K., Talbot, J., Low, D.E., and the Canadian Streptococcal Study Group. Intravenous immunoglobulin for streptococcal toxic shock syndrome-a comparative observational study. Clin.Infect.Dis. 28(4), 800-807. 1999.

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Presentations:

K. C. KATZ, A. J. MCGEER, C. L. DUNCAN, B. M. WILLEY, A. SARABIA, J. MCCANN, S. PONG-PORTER, Y. RZAYEV, J. S. DE AZAVEDO, D. E. LOW^. Increasing Prevalence of Macrolide Resistance (MR) in Community Acquired Pharyngeal Isolates of Group a Streptococci (GAS) from Ontario, Canada. 42nd INTERSCIENCE CONFERENCE ON ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, San Diego, California, 2002.
J. D. KELLNER, P. AUFRICHT, W. J. MCISAAC, L. BUCHOLTZ, A. VANJAKA, D. E. LOW. Use of Both a Clinical Score and Rapid Antigen Test Improves the Bedside Diagnostic Accuracy to Detect Group A Streptococcus (GAS) Sore Throats. 42nd INTERSCIENCE CONFERENCE ON ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, San Diego, California, 2002.
A. Norrby-Teglund, B.S. Gan, M. Kotb, J. Andersson, A. McGeer, D.E. Low. Massive Bacterial Load and In Vivo Expression of Superantigen (SAg) in Patients with Severe Tissue Infections Caused by Group A Streptococci (GAS) 40^th INTERSCIENCE CONFERENCE ON ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY (ICAAC), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 17-20, 2000.
D. J. Bast, V. Nizet, B. Beall, V. Datta, D. E. Low, and J. C. S. de Azavedo. A Gene Cluster Required For Streptolysin S Production In Group A Streptococcus. 39th INTERSCIENCE CONFERENCE ON ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY (ICAAC), San Francisco, CA., Sept 26-29, 1999.
C. Lee, D.E. Low, J. De Azavedo, L. Trpeski, M. Lovgren, G. Tyrrell, B.M. Willey, S. Pong-Porter, A. McGeer. Lack of Association between Macrolide Use and the Emergence of Erythromycin Resistance (EryR) in Group A Streptococci Causing Invasive Disease in Onatario, Canada, 1992-1998. 39th INTERSCIENCE CONFERENCE ON ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY (ICAAC), San Francisco, CA., Sept 26-29, 1999.
A. Sharkawy, R. Saginur, D.E. Low, B. Schwartz, K. Green, G. Tyrrell, M. Lovgren, A. McGeer, L. Trpeski. Soft-Tissue Infections (STI) Due to Group A Streptococci (GAS) in Ontario, Canada, 1992-96: Clinical Features and Risk Factors for Severe Disease. 39th INTERSCIENCE CONFERENCE ON ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY (ICAAC), San Francisco, CA., Sept 26-29, 1999.
D. Libertucci, B. M. Willey, A. Bernston, G. Tyrrell, M. Lovgren, S. Pong-Porter, D. E. Low. Association of M-Protein Type and Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) Pattern in Group A Streptococcus (GAS). CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES (CACMID) 66th Conjoint Meeting on Infectious Diseases, Toronto, ON, Nov 8–12, 1998.
S. Chatellier, F. Khambaty, H. Basma, Y. Guedez, A. Norrby-Teglund, L. Trpesky, D.E. Low, A. Mcgeer, and M. Kotb, VA Med. Ctr. Variation in Severity of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections Caused by Genotypically Indistinguishable M1T1 Strains. 38th INTERSCIENCE CONFERENCE ON ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY (ICAAC), San Diego, CA , Sept 26-29, 1998. Session 177-G, Paper G-101.