Amro Qaddoura, Megan McQuiston, Gregory Tyrrell, Matthew Croxen, Vincent Li, Rhonda Demarco, Suzanne Pinfield, Ruziyya Ramazanova, Karen Hope, Edith-Rose Cairns, Judy MacDonald, Jia Hu, Oscar Larios, Joseph Kim, Bayan Missaghi, Joseph Vayalumkal, Irene Martin, Valerie Marsten, Jennifer Soucie, Robert Douglas Wilson, Colin Birch, John Conly
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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.
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