Volume 26, Number 6—June 2020
Research
Invasive Group B Streptococcus Infections in Adults, England, 2015–2016
Simon M. Collin
, Nandini Shetty, and Theresa Lamagni
, Nandini Shetty, and Theresa Lamagni
Table 2
Hospital admissions among adult patients with iGBS infection in England, 2015–2016*
| Age, y | Male patients, no. (%) |
Female patients, no. (%) |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. admissions | Elective | Emergency | No. admissions | Elective | Emergency | Maternity | ||
| 15–19 | 4 | 2 (50.0) | 2 (50.0) | 14 | 0 | 6 (42.9) | 8 (57.1) | |
| 20–29 | 29 | 2 (6.9) | 27 (93.1) | 237 | 5 (2.1) | 27 (11.4) | 205 (86.5) | |
| 30–39 | 54 | 2 (3.7) | 50 (92.6) | 350 | 10 (2.9) | 51 (14.6) | 288 (82.3) | |
| 40–49 | 121 | 9 (7.4) | 109 (90.1) | 140 | 12 (8.6) | 81 (57.9) | 46 (32.9) | |
| 50–59 | 204 | 30 (14.7) | 170 (83.3) | 140 | 34 (24.3) | 105 (75.0) | 1 (0.7) | |
| 60–69 | 292 | 35 (12.0) | 250 (85.6) | 197 | 25 (12.7) | 171 (86.8) | 0 | |
| 70–79 | 307 | 23 (7.5) | 283 (92.2) | 230 | 16 (7.0) | 210 (91.3) | 0 | |
| >80 |
366 |
26 (7.1) |
331 (90.4) |
414 |
19 (4.6) |
387 (93.5) |
0 |
|
| Total | 1,377 | 129 (9.4) | 1,222 (88.7) | 1,722 | 121 (7.0) | 1,038 (60.3) | 548 (31.8) | |
*N = 3,099 associated hospital admissions (within 7 d of specimen date) represent 2,704 invasive GBS episodes in 2,647 patients. iGBS, invasive group B Streptococcus.
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