• François Philippart, Gaëlle Bouroche, Jean-François Timsit, Maité Garrouste-Orgeas, Elie Azoulay, Michael Darmon, Christophe Adrie, Bernard Allaouchiche, Claire Ara-Somohano, Stéphane Ruckly, Anne-Sylvie Dumenil, Bertrand Souweine, Dany Goldgran-Toledano, Lila Bouadma, Benoît Misset, and Outcomerea study group.
• Medical-Surgical ICU, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph, Paris, France.
• Plos One. 2015 Jan 1; 10 (9): e0137262.

RationaleExperimental studies suggest that intra-abdominal infection (IAI) induces biological alterations that may affect the risk of lung infection.ObjectivesTo investigate the potential effect of IAI at ICU admission on the subsequent occurrence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).MethodsWe used data entered into the French prospective multicenter Outcomerea database in 1997-2011. Consecutive patients who had severe sepsis and/or septic shock at ICU admission and required mechanical ventilation for more than 3 days were included. Patients with acute pancreatitis were not included.Measurements And Main ResultsOf 2623 database patients meeting the inclusion criteria, 290 (11.1%) had IAI and 2333 (88.9%) had other infections. The IAI group had fewer patients with VAP (56 [19.3%] vs. 806 [34.5%], P<0.01) and longer time to VAP (5.0 vs.10.5 days; P<0.01). After adjustment on independent risk factors for VAP and previous antimicrobial use, IAI was associated with a decreased risk of VAP (hazard ratio, 0.62; 95% confidence interval, 0.46-0.83; P<0.0017). The pathogens responsible for VAP were not different between the groups with and without IAI (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 345 [42.8%] and 24 [42.8%]; Enterobacteriaceae, 264 [32.8%] and 19 [34.0%]; and Staphylococcus aureus, 215 [26.7%] and 17 [30.4%], respectively). Crude ICU mortality was not different between the groups with and without IAI (81 [27.9%] and 747 [32.0%], P = 0.16).ConclusionsIn our observational study of mechanically ventilated ICU patients with severe sepsis and/or septic shock, VAP occurred less often and later in the group with IAIs compared to the group with infections at other sites.

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