Reducing the burden of group A streptococcal disease in the Northern Territory: the role of chemoprophylaxis for those at greatest risk

Med J Aust. 2022 Nov 21;217(10):524-525. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51766. Epub 2022 Oct 29.

Authors

Katherine Gibney¹, Andrew Steer^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC.
² Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC.
³ Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC.

PMID: 36309407
DOI: 10.5694/mja2.51766

No abstract available

Keywords: Disease transmission; Indigenous health; Public health; Renal dialysis; Streptococcus; infectious.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Chemoprevention
Humans
Northern Territory / epidemiology
Streptococcal Infections* / epidemiology
Streptococcal Infections* / prevention & control
Streptococcus pyogenes*