Fig 1.
Seasonal distribution of 719 iGAS cases in Germany (2009–2014).
Fig 2.
Age distribution of iGAS disease in Germany per 100,000 inhabitants per age group per year from 2009 to 2014 (n = 719) based on a population of 80,767,463 in 2013 (http://www.destatis.de).
Table 1.
Underlying conditions, diagnoses and clinical complications among iGAS cases in Germany (2009–2014).
Table 2.
Distribution of emm types and superantigen/toxin genes among the 719 iGAS-cases in Germany (2009–2014).
Bold print indicates a statistically-significant positive association from univariate logistic regression analysis (p≤0.05) between the listed emm type and superantigen gene(s).
Table 3.
Yearly distribution of emm types in 719 iGAS isolates from Germany.
Table 4.
Multivariate logistic regression results for underlying conditions and risk factors among iGAS cases with reported underlying conditions in Germany (2009–2014).
Bold values indicate a statistically significant association in multivariate analysis.
Table 5.
Multivariate logistic regression results for clinical complications among 719 iGAS cases in Germany (2009–2014).
Bold values indicate a statistically significant association in multivariate analysis.
Table 6.
Multivariate logistic regression results for diagnoses of 719 iGAS cases in Germany (2009–2014).
Bold values indicate a statistically significant association in multivariate analysis.