Similar Mortality Among United States Veterans With Invasive and Noninvasive Pneumonia due to Group B Streptococcus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The nosology of noninvasive pneumonia due to group B Streptococcus (GBS) is not well defined. This study compared clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with invasive pneumonia and noninvasive pneumonia caused by GBS.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study among Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare users between 2008 and 2017. Using data from electronic health records, we identified patients who had blood or respiratory cultures that grew GBS and had invasive pneumonia or noninvasive pneumonia. We analyzed patient and infection characteristics associated with all-cause mortality, including among the subset of patients with cultures that were monomicrobial for GBS.

Results

Among 1791 patients with GBS pneumonia, 646 (36%) cases were

SUBMITTER: Banks RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8860157 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature