Healthcare-associated infections in patients with severe COVID-19 supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a nationwide cohort study

Background Both critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support exhibit a high incidence of healthcare-associated infections (HAI). However, data on incidence, microbiology, resistance patterns, and the impact of HAI on outcomes in patients receiving ECMO for severe COVID-19 remain limited. We aimed to report HAI incidence and microbiology in patients receiving ECMO for severe COVID-19 and to evaluate the impact of ECMO-associated infections (ECMO-AI) on in-hospital mortality. Methods For this study, we analyzed data from 701 patients included in the ECMOSARS registry which included COVID-19 patients supported by ECMO in France. Results Among 602 analyzed patients for whom HAI and hospital mortality data were available, 214 (36%) had ECMO-AI, resulting in an incidence rate of 27 ECMO-AI per 1000 ECMO days at risk. Of these, 154 patients had bloodstream infection (BSI) and 117 patients had ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). The responsible microorganisms were Enterobacteriaceae (34% for BSI and 48% for VAP), Enterococcus species (25% and 6%, respectively) and non-fermenting Gram-negative bacilli (13% and 20%, respectively). Fungal infections were also observed (10% for BSI and 3% for VAP), as were multidrug-resistant organisms (21% and 15%, respectively). Using a Cox multistate model, ECMO-AI were not found associated with hospital death (HR = 1.00 95% CI [0.79–1.26], p = 0.986). Conclusions In a nationwide cohort of COVID-19 patients receiving ECMO support, we observed a high incidence of ECMO-AI. ECMO-AI were not found associated with hospital death. Trial registration number NCT04397588 (May 21, 2020)..

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

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Critical care - 28(2024), 1 vom: 20. Feb.

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Englisch

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Nesseler, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Mansour, Alexandre [VerfasserIn]
Schmidt, Matthieu [VerfasserIn]
Para, Marylou [VerfasserIn]
Porto, Alizée [VerfasserIn]
Falcoz, Pierre-Emmanuel [VerfasserIn]
Mongardon, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Fougerou, Claire [VerfasserIn]
Ross, James T. [VerfasserIn]
Beurton, Antoine [VerfasserIn]
Gaide-Chevronnay, Lucie [VerfasserIn]
Guinot, Pierre-Grégoire [VerfasserIn]
Lebreton, Guillaume [VerfasserIn]
Flecher, Erwan [VerfasserIn]
Vincentelli, André [VerfasserIn]
Massart, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]

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Bloodstream infections
ECLS
Nosocomial infections
SARS-CoV 2
Ventilator-associated pneumonia

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© The Author(s) 2024

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10.1186/s13054-024-04832-3

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SPR05482642X