Table 2. Clinical signs and symptoms in patients with invasive GAS infection, by age, Fiji, 2005–2007.
| Clinical signs/symptoms | No. patients by age group |
Total no. (%) patients | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–14 y | 15–49 y | >50 y | ||
| Soft tissue infection | 2 | 9 | 12 | 23 (38) |
| Bacteremia with no clinical focus | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 (28) |
| Septic arthritis | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 (13) |
| Necrotizing fasciitis | – | 2 | 2 | 4 (7) |
| Pneumonia | 2 | – | 2 | 4 (6) |
| Gynecologic infection | – | 1 | 1 | 2 (3) |
| Osteomyelitis | 1 | – | – | 1 (2) |
| Peritonitis |
– |
– |
1 |
1 (2) |
| Total no. (%) patients | 12 (20) | 18 (30) | 30 (50) | 60 |
*GAS, group A streptococci.