Group A Streptococcus Meningitis in Adults, Denmark

Henrik Nielsen; Merete Storgaard; Jannik Helweg-Larsen; Lykke Larsen; Micha P.G. Jepsen; Birgitte R. Hansen; Lothar Wiese; Jacob Bodilsen

doi:10.3201/eid2909.230627

Group A Streptococcus Meningitis in Adults, Denmark

Henrik Nielsen^*
, Merete Storgaard
, Jannik Helweg-Larsen
, Lykke Larsen
, Micha P.G. Jepsen
, Birgitte R. Hansen
, Lothar Wiese
, Jacob Bodilsen

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We report a 21-fold increase in group A Streptococcus meningitis in adults in Denmark during October 13, 2022–April 12, 2023, concurrent with an outbreak of invasive streptococcal disease. We describe clinical characteristics of the outbreak cases and prognosis for patients in comparison to those for previous sporadic cases.

Original language	English
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	29
Issue number	9
Pages (from-to)	1937-1939
Number of pages	3
ISSN	1080-6040
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2909.230627
Publication status	Published - Sept 2023

Keywords

Humans
Adult
Meningitis, Bacterial/epidemiology
Streptococcal Infections/epidemiology
Streptococcus pyogenes
Disease Outbreaks
Denmark/epidemiology

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Group A Streptococcus Meningitis in Adults, Denmark

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