{
    "abstract": "We analyzed invasive group A streptococcal puerperal sepsis cases in a large health zone in Alberta, Canada between 2013 and 2022. Of the 21 cases, 85.7% were adjudicated as hospital/delivery-acquired, with 2 clusters having identical isolates found through whole genome sequencing. We implemented policy interventions across Alberta aimed at preventing future infections.",
    "authors": [
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Amro",
            "initials": "A",
            "lastname": "Qaddoura"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Women's Health, Calgary Zone, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Megan",
            "initials": "M",
            "lastname": "McQuiston"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Public Health Laboratories, Alberta Precision Laboratories, AHS-Edmonton, Edmonton, AB, Canada.\nDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.\nLi Ka Shing Institute of Virology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.\nWomen and Children's Health Research Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Gregory",
            "initials": "G",
            "lastname": "Tyrrell"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Public Health Laboratories, Alberta Precision Laboratories, AHS-Edmonton, Edmonton, AB, Canada.\nDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.\nLi Ka Shing Institute of Virology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.\nWomen and Children's Health Research Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Matthew",
            "initials": "M",
            "lastname": "Croxen"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Public Health Laboratories, Alberta Precision Laboratories, AHS-Edmonton, Edmonton, AB, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Vincent",
            "initials": "V",
            "lastname": "Li"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Infection Prevention and Control, Alberta Health ServicesCalgary, AB, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Rhonda",
            "initials": "R",
            "lastname": "Demarco"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Infection Prevention and Control, Alberta Health ServicesCalgary, AB, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Suzanne",
            "initials": "S",
            "lastname": "Pinfield"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Infection Prevention and Control, Alberta Health ServicesCalgary, AB, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Ruziyya",
            "initials": "R",
            "lastname": "Ramazanova"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Infection Prevention and Control, Alberta Health ServicesCalgary, AB, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Karen",
            "initials": "K",
            "lastname": "Hope"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Communicable Disease Control, Public Health, Calgary Zone, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Edith-Rose",
            "initials": "ER",
            "lastname": "Cairns"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Communicable Disease Control, Public Health, Calgary Zone, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada.\nDepartment of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Judy",
            "initials": "J",
            "lastname": "MacDonald"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Communicable Disease Control, Public Health, Calgary Zone, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Jia",
            "initials": "J",
            "lastname": "Hu"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada.\nInfection Prevention and Control, Alberta Health ServicesCalgary, AB, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Oscar",
            "initials": "O",
            "lastname": "Larios"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada.\nInfection Prevention and Control, Alberta Health ServicesCalgary, AB, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Joseph",
            "initials": "J",
            "lastname": "Kim"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada.\nInfection Prevention and Control, Alberta Health ServicesCalgary, AB, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Bayan",
            "initials": "B",
            "lastname": "Missaghi"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Infection Prevention and Control, Alberta Health ServicesCalgary, AB, Canada.\nDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Calgary and Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Joseph",
            "initials": "J",
            "lastname": "Vayalumkal"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Irene",
            "initials": "I",
            "lastname": "Martin"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Women's Health, Calgary Zone, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Valerie",
            "initials": "V",
            "lastname": "Marsten"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Jennifer",
            "initials": "J",
            "lastname": "Soucie"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Robert Douglas",
            "initials": "RD",
            "lastname": "Wilson"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Colin",
            "initials": "C",
            "lastname": "Birch"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada.\nInfection Prevention and Control, Alberta Health ServicesCalgary, AB, Canada.",
            "firstname": "John",
            "initials": "J",
            "lastname": "Conly"
        }
    ],
    "conclusions": null,
    "copyrights": null,
    "doi": "10.1017/ice.2024.154\n10.1128/CMR.13.3.470\n10.1093/ofid/ofy177\n10.1111/1471-0528.12892\n10.1080/00325481.2020.1760031\n10.1093/cid/cir325\n10.1017/ice.2024.82\n10.1016/j.jinf.2011.11.001",
    "journal": "Infection control and hospital epidemiology",
    "keywords": [],
    "methods": null,
    "publication_date": "2024-10-13",
    "pubmed_id": "39387197\n10885988\n30109241\n24862293\n32379557\n21690617\n38741562\n22120112",
    "results": null,
    "title": "Analysis of invasive group A streptococcal puerperal sepsis in Calgary, Alberta: clinical consequences and policy implications.",
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}