Viral reactivations and co-infections in COVID-19 patients : a systematic review

© 2023. Pan American Health Organization..

BACKGROUND: Viral reactivations and co-infections have been reported among COVID-19 patients. However, studies on the clinical outcomes of different viral reactivations and co-infections are currently in limit. Thus, the primary purpose of this review is to perform an overarching investigation on the cases of latent virus reactivation and co-infection in COVID-19 patients to build collective evidence contributing to improving patient health. The aim of the study was to conduct a literature review to compare the patient characteristics and outcomes of reactivations and co-infections of different viruses.

METHODS: Our population of interest included confirmed COVID-19 patients who were diagnosed with a viral infection either concurrently or following their COVID-19 diagnosis. We extracted the relevant literature through a systematic search using the key terms in the online databases including the EMBASE, MEDLINE, Latin American Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS), from inception onwards up to June 2022. The authors independently extracted data from eligible studies and assessed the risk of bias using the Consensus-based Clinical Case Reporting (CARE) guidelines and the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS). Main patient characteristics, frequency of each manifestation, and diagnostic criteria used in studies were summarized in tables.

RESULTS: In total, 53 articles were included in this review. We identified 40 reactivation studies, 8 coinfection studies, and 5 studies where concomitant infection in COVID-19 patients was not distinguished as either reactivation or coinfection. Data were extracted for 12 viruses including IAV, IBV, EBV, CMV, VZV, HHV-1, HHV-2, HHV-6, HHV-7, HHV-8, HBV, and Parvovirus B19. EBV, HHV-1, and CMV were most frequently observed within the reactivation cohort, whereas IAV and EBV within the coinfection cohort. In both reactivation and coinfection groups, patients reported cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and immunosuppression as comorbidities, acute kidney injury as complication, and lymphopenia and elevated D-dimer and CRP levels from blood tests. Common pharmaceutical interventions in two groups included steroids and antivirals.

CONCLUSION: Overall, these findings expand our knowledge on the characteristics of COVID-19 patients with viral reactivations and co-infections. Our experience with current review indicates a need for further investigations on virus reactivation and coinfection among COVID-19 patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

BMC infectious diseases - 23(2023), 1 vom: 26. Apr., Seite 259

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kim, Jenny Yeon Hee [VerfasserIn]
Ragusa, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Tortosa, Fernando [VerfasserIn]
Torres, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Gresh, Lionel [VerfasserIn]
Méndez-Rico, Jairo Andres [VerfasserIn]
Alvarez-Moreno, Carlos Arturo [VerfasserIn]
Lisboa, Thiago Costa [VerfasserIn]
Valderrama-Beltrán, Sandra Liliana [VerfasserIn]
Aldighieri, Sylvain [VerfasserIn]
Reveiz, Ludovic [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Journal Article
Patient characteristics
Systematic Review
Systematic review
Viral co-infection
Viral reactivation

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Date Completed 28.04.2023

Date Revised 01.11.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12879-023-08117-y

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM356048950