TABLE 2.
emm types and clinical presentation of invasive GAS infections in Denmark in 2003 and 2004
| Clinical manifestation | No. of cases/CFR (%) | No (%) of STSS cases/CFR (%) | No. of cases of emm type/CFR (%):
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| emm1 | emm3 | emm12 | emm28 | emm89 | Other | |||
| Bacteremia (with no focal symptom) | 48/15 | 3 (6)/33 | 5/40 | 6/25 | 2/0 | 17/18 | 4/0 | 17/6 |
| Necrotizing fasciitis | 16/27 | 9 (56)/33 | 8/29 | 5/40 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3/0 |
| Skin and soft tissue infections | 67/19 | 8 (12)/88 | 20/10 | 10/20 | 4/25 | 12/42 | 3/0 | 18/17 |
| Arthritis | 14/21 | 3 (21)/67 | 3/33 | 1/100 | 2/0 | 3/33 | 1/0 | 4/0 |
| Puerperal sepsis | 12/8 | 1 (8)/100 | 1/0 | 1/100 | 0/0 | 9/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Meningitis | 8/0 | 0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 3/0 |
| Other | 85/20 | 0 | 24/0 | 4/0 | 7/0 | 26/0 | 8/0 | 16/0 |
| Clinical data not available | 25/24 | 5/40 | 3/67 | 0/0 | 4/25 | 4/25 | 9/11 | |
| Non-STSS | 223/14 | 51/16 | 18/17 | 13/0 | 62/21 | 16/6 | 72/10 | |
| STSS | 30/53 | 10/50 | 9/56 | 2/50 | 6/50 | 0/0 | 3/66 | |
| Total | 66/23 | 30/33 | 15/7 | 72/24 | 20/10 | 75/13 | ||