Streptococcus Group A

Record number: 
459
Adverse Occurrence type: 
MPHO Type: 
Time to detection: 
1 day
Alerting signals, symptoms, evidence of occurrence: 
Pain, chills and erythema developed at the surgical site and the patient had a fever of as much as 39°C
Demonstration of imputability or root cause: 
Group-A streptococcal isolates from the blood and hemi patellar tendon allograft tissue of the donor as well as the recipient were T-type 3–13 and M protein gene type 3 (emm3). These isolates were indistinguishable by emm typing and represented a novel subtype, emm3.17.
Imputability grade: 
3 Definite/Certain/Proven
Suggest references: 
Invasive group-A streptococcal infection in an allograft recipient. A case report