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Pitts SI, Maruthur NM, Langley GE, Pondo T, Shutt KA, Hollick R, Schrag SJ, Thomas A, Nichols M, Farley M, Watt JP, Miller L, Schaffner W, Holtzman C, Harrison LH. Obesity, Diabetes, and the Risk of Invasive Group B Streptococcal Disease in Nonpregnant Adults in the United States. Open forum infectious diseases. 2018 Jun;5(5). ofy030.
Abstract
Rates of invasive group B (GBS) disease, obesity, and diabetes have increased in US adults. We hypothesized that obesity would be independently associated with an increased risk of invasive GBS disease.