Outbreak of postpartum group a Streptococcus infections on a labor and delivery unit

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 May 14:1-3. doi: 10.1017/ice.2024.82. Online ahead of print.

Abstract

A healthcare-associated group A Streptococcus outbreak involving six patients, four healthcare workers, and one household contact occurred in the labor and delivery unit of an academic medical center. Isolates were highly related by whole genome sequencing. Infection prevention measures, healthcare worker screening, and chemoprophylaxis of those colonized halted further transmission.