Clinical characteristics of patients with severe sepsis and septic shock in relation to bacterial virulence of beta-hemolytic Streptococcus and Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Toru HifumiSeitaro FujishimaKimiko UbukataAkiyoshi HagiwaraToshikazu AbeHiroshi OguraAtsushi ShiraishiShigeki KushimotoDaizoh SaitohToshihiko MayumiHiroto IkedaMasashi UeyamaYasuhiro OtomoKohji OkamotoYutaka UmemuraJoji KotaniYuichiro SakamotoJunichi SasakiYasukazu ShiinoShin-Ichiro ShiraishiKiyotsugu TakumaTakehiko TaruiRyosuke TsurutaTaka-Aki NakadaKazuma YamakawaTomohiko MasunoNaoshi TakeyamaNorio YamashitaSatoshi FujimiSatoshi Gandonull nullPublished in: Acute medicine & surgery (2020)
The risk of 28-day mortality was significantly higher for patients with high-virulence compared to normal-virulence bacteria.