Publications

Clinical Treatment Guidelines

• Committee on Infectious Diseases. Group A streptococcal infections. 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 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.
• Dooling KL, Shapiro DJ, Van Beneden C, Hersh AL, Hicks LA. Overprescribing and inappropriate antibiotic selection for children with pharyngitis in the United States, 1997–2010. JAMA Pediatr. 2014;168(11):1073–4.

Prevention Guidelines

• 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.

Surveillance

• 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

• Dooling KL, Crist MB, Nguyen DB, Bass J, Lorentzson L, Toews KA, 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, Baumbach J, Mueller M, Avery 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.

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