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18 β-HAEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCI HPA (2003b) Pyogenic and non-pyogenic streptococcal bacteraemias, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland: 2002. CDR Weekly, 13(16). www.hpa.org.uk/cdr/PDFfiles/2003/1603strep.pdf (25 August 2004). HPA (2004a) Statutory Notifications of Infectious Diseases (NOIDs)—Annual Totals 1991 to 2003—England and Wales. Health Protection Agency. www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/noids/annualtab.htm (25 August 2004). HPA (2004b) Laboratory reports of bacteraemias, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland: 2002 and 2003. CDR Weekly, 14(3). www.hpa. org.uk/ cdr/archives/archive04/bacteraemia04.htm#bact_02/03 (25 August 2004). HPA (2004c) Pyogenic and non-pyogenic streptococcal bacteraemias, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland: 2003. CDR Weekly, 14(16). www.hpa.org.uk/ cdr/PDFfiles/2004/bact_1604.pdf (25 August 2004). Hsueh PR, Wu JJ, Tsai PJ et al. 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Jones N, Bohnsack JF, Takahashi S et al. (2003) Multilocus sequence typing system for group B streptococcus. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 41, 2530–2536. Kalia A, Bessen DE (2003) Presence of streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A and C genes in human isolates of group G streptococci. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 219, 291–295. Kalia A, Enright MC, Spratt BG, Bessen DE (2001) Directional gene movement from human-pathogenic to commensal-like streptococci. Infection and Immunity, 69, 4858–4869. Kalliola S, Vuopio-Varkila J, Takala AK, Eskola J (1999) Neonatal group B streptococcal disease in Finland: a ten-year nationwide study. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 18, 806–810. Kaplan EL, Johnson DR (2001) Unexplained reduced microbiological efficacy of intramuscular benzathine penicillin G and of oral penicillin V in eradication of group A streptococci from children with acute pharyngitis. Pediatrics, 108, 1180–1186. 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Northern Irel<strong>and</strong>: 2002 <strong>and</strong> 2003. CDR Weekly, 14(3). www.hpa. org.uk/<br />

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1254–1259.<br />

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patterns <strong>and</strong> M-protein typing <strong>and</strong> opacity factor production in the<br />

identification <strong>of</strong> group A streptococci. Journal <strong>of</strong> Medical Microbiology,<br />

38, 311–315.<br />

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system for group B streptococcus. Journal <strong>of</strong> <strong>Clinical</strong> Microbiology, 41,<br />

2530–2536.<br />

Kalia A, Bessen DE (2003) Presence <strong>of</strong> streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A<br />

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eradication <strong>of</strong> group A streptococci from children with acute pharyngitis.<br />

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1334–1337.<br />

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recombinant multivalent group A streptococcal vaccine in healthy adults:<br />

phase 1 trial. The Journal <strong>of</strong> the American Medical Association, 292, 709–715.<br />

Kozlov RS, Bogdanovitch TM, Appelbaum PC et al. (2002) Antistreptococcal<br />

activity <strong>of</strong> telithromycin compared with seven other drugs in relation to<br />

macrolide resistance mechanisms in Russia. Antimicrobial Agents <strong>and</strong><br />

Chemotherapy, 46, 2963–2968.<br />

Kreikemeyer B, McIver KS, Podbielski A (2003) Virulence factor regulation<br />

<strong>and</strong> regulatory networks in Streptococcus pyogenes <strong>and</strong> their impact on<br />

pathogen–host interactions. Trends in Microbiology, 11, 224–232.<br />

Kristensen B, Schonheyder HC (1995) A 13-year survey <strong>of</strong> bacteraemia due to<br />

beta-haemolytic streptococci in a Danish county. Journal <strong>of</strong> Medical<br />

Microbiology, 43, 63–67.<br />

Lamagni TL, Neal S, Alhaddad N, Efstratiou A (2004) Results from the first<br />

six months <strong>of</strong> enhanced surveillance <strong>of</strong> severe Streptococcus pyogenes<br />

disease in Engl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Wales. 14th European Congress <strong>of</strong> <strong>Clinical</strong> Microbiology<br />

<strong>and</strong> Infectious Diseases, Prague, Czech Republic, 1–4 May 2004.<br />

<strong>Clinical</strong> Microbiology <strong>and</strong> Infection, 10(Suppl. 3), 1–86 [abstract O199].<br />

Lamothe F, D’Amico P, Ghosn P et al. (1995) <strong>Clinical</strong> usefulness <strong>of</strong> intravenous<br />

human immunoglobulins in invasive group A streptococcal infections: case<br />

report <strong>and</strong> review. <strong>Clinical</strong> Infectious Diseases, 21, 1469–1470.<br />

Lancefield RC (1962) Current knowledge <strong>of</strong> type specific M antigen <strong>of</strong> group<br />

A streptococci. Journal <strong>of</strong> Immunology, 89, 307–313.<br />

Larppanichpoonphol P, Watanakunakorn C (2001) Group B streptococcal<br />

bacteremia in nonpregnant adults at a community teaching hospital.<br />

Southern Medical Journal, 94, 1206–1211.<br />

Lawrence DN, Facklam RR, Sottnek FO et al. (1979) Epidemiologic studies<br />

among Amerindian populations <strong>of</strong> Amazonia. I. Pyoderma: prevalence <strong>and</strong><br />

associated pathogens. The American Journal <strong>of</strong> Tropical Medicine <strong>and</strong><br />

Hygiene, 28, 548–558.<br />

Le Bouguenec C, de Cespedes G, Horaud T (1990) Presence <strong>of</strong> chromosomal<br />

elements resembling the composite structure Tn3701 in streptococci.<br />

Journal <strong>of</strong> <strong>Bacteriology</strong>, 172, 727–734.<br />

Leclercq R (2002) Mechanisms <strong>of</strong> resistance to macrolides <strong>and</strong> lincosamides:<br />

nature <strong>of</strong> the resistance elements <strong>and</strong> their clinical implications. <strong>Clinical</strong><br />

Infectious Diseases, 34, 482–492.<br />

Levy SB, McMurry LM, Barbosa TM et al. (1999) Nomenclature for new<br />

tetracycline resistance determinants. Antimicrobial Agents <strong>and</strong> Chemotherapy,<br />

43, 1523–1524.<br />

Lipsitch M (1999) Bacterial vaccines <strong>and</strong> serotype replacement: lessons from<br />

Haemophilus influenzae <strong>and</strong> prospects for Streptococcus pneumoniae.<br />

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 5, 336–345.<br />

Llewelyn M, Cohen J (2002) Superantigens: microbial agents that corrupt<br />

immunity. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2, 156–162.<br />

Lukomski S, Nakashima K, Abdi I et al. (2000) Identification <strong>and</strong> characterization<br />

<strong>of</strong> the scl gene encoding a group A streptococcus extracellular protein<br />

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