Impact of Inflammatory Response Modifiers on the Incidence of Hospital-Acquired Infections in Patients with COVID-19

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INTRODUCTION: The study aim was to assess the influence of inflammatory response modifiers, including anti-interleukin-6 (IL-6) biologics and corticosteroids, on the incidence of hospital-acquired infections in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

METHODS: Case-control study performed at a university hospital from February 26 to May 26, 2020. Cases were defined as patients with COVID-19 who developed hospital-acquired infections. For each case, two controls were selected among patients without infections. Cases and controls were matched obeying three criteria in a hierarchical sequence: length of hospital stay up until the first infection; comorbidity; and need for Intensive care unit (ICU) admission. Conditional logistic regression analysis was used to estimate the association of exposures with being a case.

RESULTS: A total of 71 cases and 142 controls were included. Independent predictors for acquiring a hospital infection were chronic liver disease [odds ratio (OR) 16.56, 95% CI 1.87-146.5, p = 0.012], morbid obesity (OR 6.11, 95% CI 1.06-35.4, p = 0.043), current or past smoking (OR 4.15, 95% CI 1.45-11.88, p = 0.008), exposure to hydroxychloroquine (OR 0.2, 95% CI 0.041-1, p = 0.053), and invasive mechanical ventilation (OR 61.5, 95% CI 11.08-341, p ≤ 0.0001).

CONCLUSIONS: Inflammatory response modifiers had no influence on acquisition of nosocomial infections in admitted patients with COVID-19. Hospital-acquired infections primarily occurred in the critically ill and invasive mechanical ventilation was the main exposure conferring risk.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Infectious diseases and therapy - 10(2021), 3 vom: 11. Sept., Seite 1407-1418

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Meira, Fernanda [VerfasserIn]
Moreno-García, Estela [VerfasserIn]
Linares, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Macaya, Irene [VerfasserIn]
Tomé, Adria [VerfasserIn]
Hernández-Meneses, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Albiach, Laia [VerfasserIn]
Morata, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Letona, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Bodro, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Cózar-Llistó, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Cardozo, Celia [VerfasserIn]
Chumbita, Mariana [VerfasserIn]
Pitart, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Ambrosioni, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Rico, Verónica [VerfasserIn]
Agüero, Daiana [VerfasserIn]
Puerta-Alcalde, Pedro [VerfasserIn]
Garcia-Pouton, Nicole [VerfasserIn]
Marco, Francesc [VerfasserIn]
Garcia-Vidal, Carolina [VerfasserIn]
Soriano, Alex [VerfasserIn]
Martínez, José Antonio [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Inflammatory response modifiers
Journal Article
Nosocomial infections
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Revised 30.07.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s40121-021-00477-9

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NLM32663262X