Severe Streptococcus pyogenes infections, United Kingdom, 2003–2004 (Print-based)

Course Number: SS1288

Participants will read the article “Severe Streptococcus pyogenes infections, United Kingdom, 2003-2004” located in Emerging Infectious Diseases journal, Vol. 14(02), February 2008 in print and online at http://www.cdc.gov/EID/content/14/2/202.htm. They will be able to describe the geographic distribution of cases, demographic profile of patients, seasonal patterns of infection, clinical presentation of patients, patient risk factors, public health implications related to S. pyogenes infection.

TARGET AUDIENCE: The target audience consists of healthcare professionals involved in the study, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, or education with regard to infectious diseases, i.e., epidemiologists, health educators, laboratorians, physician assistants, nurses, and physicians.

MATERIALS: Article “Severe Streptococcus pyogenes infections, United Kingdom,” located in Emerging Infectious Diseases journal, Vol. 14(02), February 2008 in print and online at http://www.cdc.gov/EID/content/14/2/202.htm.

a. To subscribe to the Emerging Infectious Diseases e-mail list (which notifies them when issues of the journal are ready and provides a URL), participants can send an email to listserv@cdc.gov with the following in the body of the message: subscribe eid-toc.

b. For subscriptions to the print version of Emerging Infectious Diseases, participants can print name and business address along with request and return by fax to 404-639-1954 or mail to
EID Editor
CDC/NCID/MS D61
1600 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30333

c. To download an article, participants can go to http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/