Figure 1.

Surveillance of invasive SDSE infections in Germany in the years 2010 to 2022 by the German National Reference Center for Streptococci. (a) Summary of the performed study cohort validation. (b) Distribution of emm types in the national study cohort. (c) Yearly changes in the emm type composition of the national study cohort (columns) with linear regression of the stG62647 isolate rate (dotted line). (d) Slope (blue bars) and coefficient of determination (green bars) of the linear regression of the chronological changes in emm type composition in the national study cohort.