title: Group B streptococcal bacteremia in adults at Hartford Hospital 1991-1996.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Hartford Hospital, USA.
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Morganelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003237:Connecticut / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae