Similar Mortality Among United States Veterans With Invasive and Noninvasive Pneumonia due to Group B Streptococcus .
Richard E BanksBrigid M WilsonTaissa BejJanet M BriggsSunah SongMichihiko GotoRobin L P JumpFederico PerezPublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2022)
In 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.