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7569200

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-10-24
pubmed:abstractText
In order to know the epidemiological, clinical and evolutive characteristics of bacteriemia caused by beta-hemolytic streptococci groups A and B, a retrospective investigation was undertaken of 48 bacteremic episodes observed in adult patients for 10 years (1985-1994). Twenty-two episodes were caused by Group A beta-hemolytic streptococci (GAS) and 26 by Group B beta-hemolytic streptococci (GBS). Patients with GAS bacteremia (GASB) had a lower mean age than patients with GBS bacteremia (GBSB) (p = 0.03). Infection with immunodeficiency virus was more common in patients with GASB than in patients with GBSBA (27 and 4%, respectively; p = 0.04); in contrast, diabetes mellitus was more common in patients with GBSB than in patients with GASB (27 and 5%, respectively) (p = 0.04). Nine (41%) patients with GBSB were i.v. drug abusers; nevertheless, none of the subjects with GBSB were i.v. drug abusers (p < 0.001). The proportion of bacteremia without demonstrable source due to GBS (41%) was significantly higher than that due to GAS (9%) (p = 0.02). Five (23%) patients with GASB and other five (20%) patients with GBSB had fatal outcomes, but only in two (9%) and three (12%) cases, respectively, was death directly attributed to bacteremia. In conclusion, bacteremias caused by GAS and GBS have different epidemiological characteristics but similar prognosis.
pubmed:language
spa
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0014-2565
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
195
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
541-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
[Bacteremia caused by group A and B beta-hemolytic Streptococcus in adults].
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Microbiología Médica, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract