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Volume 22, Number 11—November 2016
Dispatch

Group B Streptococcus Sequence Type 283 Disease Linked to Consumption of Raw Fish, Singapore

Priyanka Rajendram, Win Mar Kyaw, Yee Sin LeoComments to Author , Hanley J. Ho, Wen Kai Chen, Raymond Lin, De Partha Pratim, Hishamuddin Badaruddin, Brenda Ang, Timothy Barkham, and Angela Chow
Author affiliations: Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore (P. Rajendram, W.M. Kyaw, Y.S. Leo, H. Ho, W.K. Chen, D.P. Pratim, B. Ang, T. Barkham, A. Chow); National Public Health Laboratory, Singapore (R. Lin); Ministry of Health, Singapore (H. Badaruddin)

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Table 2

Multivariable analysis of risk factors associated with invasive group B Streptococcus ST283 and non-ST283 infections, Singapore*

Factor ST283
 Non-ST283
aOR (95% CI) p value aOR (95% CI) p value
Consumption of raw or undercooked fish <2 weeks before hospitalization 100.11 (6.21–1612.91) 0.001 NC NC
Age <65 y 13.34 (1.14–156.56) 0.04 1.04 (0.25–4.27) 0.96
Charlson Comorbidity Score 1.02 (0.63–1.64) 0.95 0.85 (0.65–1.11) 0.23

*Bold indicates statistical significance. aOR, adjusted odd ratio; NC, not calculable; ST, sequence type.

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