Washington—The incidence of invasive group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections have doubled in the past five years, largely due to injection drug use and homelessness, according to Chris Van Beneden, MD, MPH, who spoke at IDWeek 2019.
Alongside this increase, the United States is experiencing an increase in GAS resistance to erythromycin and clindamycin, according to Dr. Van Beneden, from the Respiratory Diseases Branch of the National Center for Immunizations and