Co-Infection and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation : A Retrospective Cohort Study

Considering virus-related and drug-induced immunocompromised status of critically ill COVID-19 patients, we hypothesize that these patients would more frequently develop ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) than patients with ARDS from other viral causes. We conducted a retrospective observational study in two intensive care units (ICUs) from France, between 2017 and 2020. We compared bacterial co-infection at ICU admission and throughout the disease course of two retrospective longitudinally sampled groups of critically ill patients, who were admitted to ICU for either H1N1 or SARS-CoV-2 respiratory infection and depicted moderate-to-severe ARDS criteria upon admission. Sixty patients in the H1N1 group and 65 in the COVID-19 group were included in the study. Bacterial co-infection at the endotracheal intubation time was diagnosed in 33% of H1N1 and 16% COVID-19 patients (p = 0.08). The VAP incidence per 100 days of mechanical ventilation was 3.4 (2.2−5.2) in the H1N1 group and 7.2 (5.3−9.6) in the COVID-19 group (p < 0.004). The HR to develop VAP was of 2.33 (1.34−4.04) higher in the COVID-19 group (p = 0.002). Ten percent of H1N1 patients and 30% of the COVID-19 patients had a second episode of VAP (p = 0.013). COVID-19 patients have fewer bacterial co-infections upon admission, but the incidence of secondary infections increased faster in this group compared to H1N1 patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Biomedicines - 10(2022), 8 vom: 11. Aug.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sarton, Benjamine [VerfasserIn]
Grare, Marion [VerfasserIn]
Vardon-Bounes, Fanny [VerfasserIn]
Gaubert, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Silva, Stein [VerfasserIn]
Crognier, Laure [VerfasserIn]
Riu, Béatrice [VerfasserIn]
Seguin, Thierry [VerfasserIn]
Georges, Bernard [VerfasserIn]
Minville, Vincent [VerfasserIn]
Ruiz, Stéphanie [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Co-infection
H1N1
Influenza
Intensive care unit
Journal Article
SARS-CoV-2
Ventilator-associated pneumonia

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 08.03.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/biomedicines10081952

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM345278941