ISSN:
1435-4373
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Forty episodes of invasive group B streptococcal infections in nonpregnant adults at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto, South Africa, were retrospectively reviewed. The mean age of the patients was 45.6 years. Twenty (50%) patients were bacteraemic. Common predisposing conditions included diabetes mellitus (27.5%), trauma (25%), and HIV infection (12.5%). Soft tissue abscesses and pneumonia accounted for 70% of the presentations. Ten (25%) patients had acquired the infection nosocomially. Death occurred in 14 (35%) patients and was significantly associated with bacteraemia (P=0.0009) and pneumonia (P=0.0012). Trauma is an important predisposing condition, and HIV infection may have played a role in the setting described; both factors probably accounted for the relatively young age of the patients.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/PL00015020
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