title: Group B streptococcal bacteremia in nonpregnant adults with hepatic disease in Korea.
abstract: Sixty-seven cases of group B streptococcal bacteremia in adults were retrospectively reviewed during the period 1991-2000. Not one case occurred in pregnant women. The mean age of the patients was 57 years, and 67.2% were men. Of the 67 cases of illness, 25.4% were hospital acquired and 11.9% were polymicrobial. Common predisposing diseases included hepatic disease (55.2%), diabetes mellitus (28.4%), malignancy (20.9%), and cardiovascular diseases (17.9%). Primary bacteremia, peritonitis, bone and joint infections, and skin and soft tissue infections accounted for most presentations. Peritonitis was a more common presentation in patients with hepatic disease (P<0.001), whereas skin and soft tissue infection was more common in patients with non-hepatic disease (P=0.008). More patients with hepatic disease had polymicrobial bacteremia than did patients with nonhepatic disease (P=0.018). Death occurred in 9.8% of cases, and mortality did not differ between patients with hepatic disease and those with nonhepatic disease. Hepatic disease was found to be an important predisposing condition in adults with group B streptococcal bacteremia. However, mortality for patients with hepatic disease was similar to that for patients with nonhepatic disease.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011336:Probability; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015996:Survival Rate