Clinical characteristics of 159 episodes of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis bacteremia from November 2015 to November 2019 in Pirkanmaa Health District, Finland. Differences between specific emm type compared with all other episodes were tested using the Mann-Whitney U-test, Pearson χ² test (marked as *), or Fisher’s exact test. The numbers are bolded if P <0.05.

#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #microsky #publichealth The incidence of #bacteremia caused by #Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis (SDSE), a β- #hemolyticstreptococcus expressing the C- &’ G-Lancefield groups, is increasing in various parts of the world .