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Editor, Senior Moderator
Infect Dis Now
. 2021 Dec 9;S2666-9919(21)00544-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.idnow.2021.12.001. Online ahead of print.
Pulmonary bacterial infections in adult patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in standard wards
M Husain[SUP] 1 [/SUP], S Valayer[SUP] 2 [/SUP], N Poey[SUP] 3 [/SUP], E Rondinaud[SUP] 4 [/SUP], C d'Humières[SUP] 4 [/SUP], B Visseaux[SUP] 5 [/SUP], S Lariven[SUP] 6 [/SUP], F X Lescure[SUP] 6 [/SUP], L Deconinck[SUP] 6 [/SUP]
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Abstract
Objectives: During the COVID-19 pandemic, antibiotic use was very common. However, bacterial co-/secondary infections with coronaviruses remain largely unknown in standard wards. We aimed to investigate the characteristics of pulmonary bacterial infections associated with COVID-19 in hospitalized patients.
Methods: A retrospective monocentric observational study was conducted in Bichat hospital, France, between February 26 and April 22, 2020. All patients hospitalized in standard wards with COVID-19 (positive nasopharyngeal PCR and/or typical aspect on CT scan) and diagnosed with pulmonary bacterial infection (positive bacteriological samples) were included. Bacteriological and clinical data were collected from the microbiology laboratories and patient's medical records.
Results: Twenty-three bacteriological samples from 22 patients were positive out of 2,075 screened samples (1.1%) from 784 patients (2.8%). Bacterial infection occurred within a median of 10 days after COVID-19 onset. Diagnosis of pulmonary bacterial infection was suspected on increase of oxygen requirements (20/22), productive cough or modification of sputum aspect (17/22), or fever (10/22). Positive samples included 13 sputum cultures, one FilmArray® assay on sputum samples, one bronchoalveolar lavage, six blood cultures, and two pneumococcal urinary antigen tests. The most frequent bacteria were Pseudomonas aeruginosa (6/23), Staphylococcus aureus (5/23), Streptococcus pneumoniae (4/23), Enterococcus faecalis (3/23), and Klebsiella aerogenes (3/23). No Legionella urinary antigen test was positive. Four out of 496 nasopharyngeal PCR tests (0.8%) were positive for intracellular bacteria (two Bordetella pertussis and two Mycoplasma pneumonia).
Conclusions: Pulmonary bacterial secondary infections and co-infections with SARS-CoV-2 are uncommon. Antibiotic use should remain limited in the management of COVID-19.
Keywords: Bacterial infection; Co-infection; Pneumonia; SARS-CoV-2; Secondary infection.
. 2021 Dec 9;S2666-9919(21)00544-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.idnow.2021.12.001. Online ahead of print.
Pulmonary bacterial infections in adult patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in standard wards
M Husain[SUP] 1 [/SUP], S Valayer[SUP] 2 [/SUP], N Poey[SUP] 3 [/SUP], E Rondinaud[SUP] 4 [/SUP], C d'Humières[SUP] 4 [/SUP], B Visseaux[SUP] 5 [/SUP], S Lariven[SUP] 6 [/SUP], F X Lescure[SUP] 6 [/SUP], L Deconinck[SUP] 6 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34896662
- DOI: 10.1016/j.idnow.2021.12.001
Abstract
Objectives: During the COVID-19 pandemic, antibiotic use was very common. However, bacterial co-/secondary infections with coronaviruses remain largely unknown in standard wards. We aimed to investigate the characteristics of pulmonary bacterial infections associated with COVID-19 in hospitalized patients.
Methods: A retrospective monocentric observational study was conducted in Bichat hospital, France, between February 26 and April 22, 2020. All patients hospitalized in standard wards with COVID-19 (positive nasopharyngeal PCR and/or typical aspect on CT scan) and diagnosed with pulmonary bacterial infection (positive bacteriological samples) were included. Bacteriological and clinical data were collected from the microbiology laboratories and patient's medical records.
Results: Twenty-three bacteriological samples from 22 patients were positive out of 2,075 screened samples (1.1%) from 784 patients (2.8%). Bacterial infection occurred within a median of 10 days after COVID-19 onset. Diagnosis of pulmonary bacterial infection was suspected on increase of oxygen requirements (20/22), productive cough or modification of sputum aspect (17/22), or fever (10/22). Positive samples included 13 sputum cultures, one FilmArray® assay on sputum samples, one bronchoalveolar lavage, six blood cultures, and two pneumococcal urinary antigen tests. The most frequent bacteria were Pseudomonas aeruginosa (6/23), Staphylococcus aureus (5/23), Streptococcus pneumoniae (4/23), Enterococcus faecalis (3/23), and Klebsiella aerogenes (3/23). No Legionella urinary antigen test was positive. Four out of 496 nasopharyngeal PCR tests (0.8%) were positive for intracellular bacteria (two Bordetella pertussis and two Mycoplasma pneumonia).
Conclusions: Pulmonary bacterial secondary infections and co-infections with SARS-CoV-2 are uncommon. Antibiotic use should remain limited in the management of COVID-19.
Keywords: Bacterial infection; Co-infection; Pneumonia; SARS-CoV-2; Secondary infection.