Table 1.

Clinical characterization of patients with emm5 group A Streptococcus (GAS) infection.

Case	Age, y/Gender	Date of symptom onset	Clinical diagnosis	Outcome	Source of GAS culture	emm subtype	Department
1	20/M	2013/10/2	Severe pneumonia, STSS∗	Died	Pleural effusion, throat swab	5.101	F4
2	27/M	2013/10/8	Influenza-like illness	Survived	Sputum	5.101	F3
3	20/M	2013/10/9	Influenza-like illness	Survived	Throat swab	5.101	F4
4	18/F	2013/10/10	Pharyngitis	Survived	Throat swab	5.101	F4
5	19/M	2013/10/13	Influenza-like illness	Survived	Throat swab	5.101	F5
6	20/F	2013/10/14	Influenza-like illness	Survived	Throat swab	5.101	F4
7	18/M	2013/10/14	Influenza-like illness	Survived	Throat swab	5.46	F3
8	18/M	2013/10/14	Influenza-like illness	Survived	Throat swab	5.101	F3

^∗STSS, streptococcal toxic shock syndrome.