Serving up Strep A in Auckland: Salad-maker’s hand lesions tied to at least 48 cases

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Serving up Strep A in Auckland: Salad-maker’s hand lesions tied to at least 48 cases

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Salad CR Nadine Primeau on Unsplash
A salad may have contributed to an outbreak of group A streptococcal infection in Auckland [Image: Nadine Primeau on Unsplash]
All the cases in this outbreak fell into a ‘high-risk’ group for the development of rheumatic fever/heart disease A salad made by a person with g
References

Gatman K, Thompson B, Harrower J, Rajanaidu S. A foodborne outbreak of Group A streptococcus: an under-recognised method of spread. N Z Med J. 2024 Feb 2;137(1589):73-76. doi: 10.26635/6965.6313. PMID: 38301203.