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ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2022

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

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

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Richard E BanksGeriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Brigid M WilsonGeriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Taissa BejGeriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Janet M BriggsGeriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Sunah SongCleveland Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Michihiko GotoCenter for Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation, Iowa City Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Robin L P JumpGeriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5601-8996
Federico PerezGeriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center · USUniversity of Iowa · USUniversity School · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe nosology of noninvasive pneumonia due to group B

methodsWe 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.

resultsAmong 1791 patients with GBS pneumonia, 646 (36%) cases were invasive and 1145 (64%) were noninvasive. Among those, 535 and 424 cases of invasive and noninvasive pneumonia, respectively, had cultures that were monomicrobial for GBS. All-cause 30-day mortality among those with monomicrobial GBS pneumonia was 15% for both those with invasive and noninvasive disease, respectively. Increasing age, severity of illness, healthcare exposure in the previous 90 days, and polymicrobial infection with

conclusionsIn this large cohort, even when considering cases for which GBS was the only pathogen recovered, >40% of GBS pneumonia cases were noninvasive. All-cause mortality was comparable for invasive and noninvasive pneumonia. These findings suggest that the burden of GBS pneumonia may be greater than previously recognized by surveillance of invasive GBS disease and may inform treatment and prevention efforts.

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community-acquired pneumoniaGBSrespiratory tractsputumStreptococcus agalactiaeVeterans Affairs

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PMID35198653
PMCPMC8860157
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