Epidemiology and Characteristics of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Pneumonia in Critically Ill Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-associated pneumonia in adults has rarely been addressed. We investigated the burden and clinical characteristics of severe RSV-associated pneumonia in critically ill adult patients.

Methods

We analyzed a prospective cohort of 2865 adults with severe pneumonia who were admitted to the intensive care unit in a 2700-bed tertiary care hospital from 2010 to 2019. The epidemiology, characteristics, and outcomes of 92 cases of severe RSV-associated pneumonia and 163 cases of severe influenza virus (IFV)-associated pneumonia were compared.

Results

Of 1589 cases of severe community-acquired pneumonia, the incidence of RSV-associated pneumonia was less than half that of IFV-associated pneumonia (3.4% vs 8.1%). However, among

SUBMITTER: Kim T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10077831 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature