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

Richard E Banks; Brigid M Wilson; Taissa Bej; Janet M Briggs; Sunah Song; Michihiko Goto; Robin L P Jump; Federico Perez

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofac051

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

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

Richard E Banks, Brigid M Wilson, Taissa Bej, Janet M Briggs, Sunah Song, Michihiko Goto, Robin L P Jump and Federico Perez

Open forum infectious diseases, Vol.9(3), pp.ofac051-ofac051

02/02/2022

DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac051

PMCID: PMC8860157

PMID: 35198653

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Abstract

In a large cohort of US Veterans, noninvasive group B Streptococcus (GBS) pneumonia occurred at a comparable incidence and was associated with similar mortality (even when focusing on monomicrobial cases) compared to invasive GBS pneumonia, suggesting an underestimation of the burden of GBS pneumonia.

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community-acquired pneumonia

GBS

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MED00290

respiratory tract

sputum

Streptococcus agalactiae

Veterans Affairs

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Title: Subtitle: Similar Mortality Among United States Veterans With Invasive and Noninvasive Pneumonia due to Group B Streptococcus
Creators: Richard E Banks - VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System
Brigid M Wilson - Case Western Reserve University
Taissa Bej - VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System
Janet M Briggs - VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System
Sunah Song - Case Western Reserve University
Michihiko Goto - Iowa City VA Health Care System
Robin L P Jump - Case Western Reserve University
Federico Perez - Case Western Reserve University
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Open forum infectious diseases, Vol.9(3), pp.ofac051-ofac051
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac051
PMID: 35198653
PMCID: PMC8860157
NLM abbreviation: Open Forum Infect Dis
ISSN: 2328-8957
eISSN: 2328-8957
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Grant note: ;
Language: English
Date published: 02/02/2022
Academic Unit: Infectious Diseases; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984359843402771

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