Group B streptococcal bacteremia in adults at Hartford Hospital 1991-1996
Cooper, B.W.; Morganelli, E.
Connecticut Medicine 62(9): 515-517
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0010-6178 PMID: 9785635 Document Number: 486142
Invasive disease due to Group B streptococci has been increasingly recognized as a problem in chronically ill adults. We studied all adults presenting with bacteremia due to Group B streptococci at Hartford Hospital over a period of more than five years. Fifty-nine episodes of septicemia occurred with a mortality rate of 15.3%. Markers for mortality included cirrhosis, azotemia, transaminase elevation, respiratory distress on admission, and ionized hypocalcemia Although commonly thought of as a maternal and pediatric pathogen, nonpregnant, chronically ill adults make up the vast majority of patients with Group B streptococcal sepsis.