• J. Clin. Virol. · Jun 2017

    Impact of respiratory viruses in hospital-acquired pneumonia in the intensive care unit: A single-center retrospective study.

    • Paul Loubet, Guillaume Voiriot, Nadhira Houhou-Fidouh, Mathilde Neuville, Lila Bouadma, Francois-Xavier Lescure, Diane Descamps, Jean-François Timsit, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, and Benoit Visseaux.
    • IAME, UMR 1137, INSERM, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Bichat, AP-HP, Paris, France. Electronic address: paul.loubet@aphp.fr.
    • J. Clin. Virol. 2017 Jun 1; 91: 52-57.

    BackgroundData on the frequency and role of respiratory viruses (RVs) in hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) are still scarce.ObjectivesWe assessed the proportion of RVs and their impact on the outcome of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) in the intensive care unit (ICU).Study DesignCases of HAP were retrospectively selected among patients who underwent screening for RVs by multiplex PCR (mPCR) in the ICU of a French tertiary care hospital from May 2014 to April 2016. ICU length of stay and in-hospital mortality were compared between four groups defined according to the identified pathogens: virus only (V), virus/bacteria (V/B), bacteria only (B) and no pathogen (Neg). When available, previous mPCR was retrieved in order to assess possible chronic viral carriage.ResultsOverall, 95/999 (10%) ICU patients who underwent mPCR had HAP (V(17,18%), V/B(13,14%), B(60,63%), Neg(5,5%)). Median age was 61 years and 45 (47%) were immunocompromised. Influenza (27%) and rhinovirus (27%) were the most common RVs. V/B group had higher mortality rate than B and V groups (62% vs. 40% and 35%, p=0.3) and a significantly longer length of stay (31days (18-48)) than V group (5days (3-11), p=0.0002)) and B group (14.5days (5.5-25.5), p=0.007)). Among the 15 patients with available mPCR tests before viral HAP, seven were negative and eight were positive corresponding to long-term carriage of community-acquired viruses.DiscussionRVs were detected in 32% of HAP patients who underwent mPCR. Two situations were encountered: (i) acute acquired viral infection; (ii) long-term viral carriage (mostly rhinovirus) especially in immunocompromised patients complicated by a virus/bacteria coinfection. The latter was associated with a longer length of stay and a trend toward a higher mortality.Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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