Routine genomic surveillance in a military healthcare facility detected a community-based Group A Streptococcus outbreak associated with grappling sports

Germán G. Vargas-Cuebas; William Stribling; Melissa J. Martin; Shannon Gettings; Rhonda Wells; Maureen Sevilla; Kathryn Polaskey; Lan Preston; Yoon I. Kwak; Patrick T. Mc Gann; Francois Lebreton; Jason W. Bennett

doi:10.1017/ice.2025.10367

Routine genomic surveillance in a military healthcare facility detected a community-based Group A Streptococcus outbreak associated with grappling sports

Germán G. Vargas-Cuebas
, William Stribling
, Melissa J. Martin
, Shannon Gettings
, Rhonda Wells
, Maureen Sevilla
, Kathryn Polaskey
, Lan Preston
, Yoon I. Kwak
, Patrick T. Mc Gann
, Francois Lebreton
, Jason W. Bennett^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR)

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An outbreak of emm92/ST82 Streptococcus pyogenes was detected through prospective genomic surveillance at a military treatment facility. Twenty-one of twenty-six patients had confirmed epidemiological links to grappling sports. One case resulted from household transmission. The benefits of routine surveillance extend beyond the hospital environment enabling the detection of community-driven transmission.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	202-205
Number of pages	4
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	47
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.10367
State	Published - 1 Feb 2026

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Vargas-Cuebas, G. G., Stribling, W., Martin, M. J., Gettings, S., Wells, R., Sevilla, M., Polaskey, K., Preston, L., Kwak, Y. I., Mc Gann, P. T., Lebreton, F., & Bennett, J. W. (2026). Routine genomic surveillance in a military healthcare facility detected a community-based Group A Streptococcus outbreak associated with grappling sports. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 47(2), 202-205. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.10367

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