Impaired immune signaling and changes in the lung microbiome precede secondary bacterial pneumonia in COVID-19

Secondary bacterial infections, including ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), lead to worse clinical outcomes and increased mortality following viral respiratory infections including in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Using a combination of tracheal aspirate bulk and single-cell RNA sequencing we assessed lower respiratory tract immune responses and microbiome dynamics in 23 COVID-19 patients, 10 of whom developed VAP, and eight critically ill uninfected controls. At a median of three days (range: 2-4 days) before VAP onset we observed a transcriptional signature of bacterial infection. At a median of 15 days prior to VAP onset (range: 8-38 days), we observed a striking impairment in immune signaling in COVID-19 patients who developed VAP. Longitudinal metatranscriptomic analysis revealed disruption of lung microbiome community composition in patients with VAP, providing a connection between dysregulated immune signaling and outgrowth of opportunistic pathogens. These findings suggest that COVID-19 patients who develop VAP have impaired antibacterial immune defense detectable weeks before secondary infection onset.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

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2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2021

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medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences - (2021) vom: 30. Nov.

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Englisch

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Tsitsiklis, Alexandra [VerfasserIn]
Zha, Beth Shoshana [VerfasserIn]
Byrne, Ashley [VerfasserIn]
DeVoe, Catherine [VerfasserIn]
Rackaityte, Elze [VerfasserIn]
Levan, Sophia [VerfasserIn]
Sunshine, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Mick, Eran [VerfasserIn]
Ghale, Rajani [VerfasserIn]
Love, Christina [VerfasserIn]
Tarashansky, Alexander J [VerfasserIn]
Pisco, Angela [VerfasserIn]
Albright, Jack [VerfasserIn]
Jauregui, Alejandra [VerfasserIn]
Sarma, Aartik [VerfasserIn]
Neff, Norma [VerfasserIn]
Serpa, Paula Hayakawa [VerfasserIn]
Deiss, Thomas J [VerfasserIn]
Kistler, Amy [VerfasserIn]
Carrillo, Sidney [VerfasserIn]
Ansel, K Mark [VerfasserIn]
Leligdowicz, Aleksandra [VerfasserIn]
Christenson, Stephanie [VerfasserIn]
Detweiler, Angela [VerfasserIn]
Jones, Norman G [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Bing [VerfasserIn]
Darmanis, Spyros [VerfasserIn]
Lynch, Susan V [VerfasserIn]
DeRisi, Joseph L [VerfasserIn]
COMET Consortium [VerfasserIn]
Matthay, Michael A [VerfasserIn]
Hendrickson, Carolyn M [VerfasserIn]
Kangelaris, Kirsten N [VerfasserIn]
Krummel, Matthew F [VerfasserIn]
Woodruff, Prescott G [VerfasserIn]
Erle, David J [VerfasserIn]
Rosenberg, Oren [VerfasserIn]
Calfee, Carolyn S [VerfasserIn]
Langelier, Charles R [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 13.03.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1101/2021.03.23.21253487

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NLM323473822