French national epidemiology of bacterial superinfections in ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients infected with COVID-19: the COVAP study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Description and comparison of bacterial characteristics of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) between critically ill intensive care unit (ICU) patients with COVID-19-positive, COVID + ; and non-COVID-19, COVID-.

Methods

Retrospective, observational, multicenter study that focused on French patients during the first wave of the pandemic (March-April 2020).

Results

935 patients with identification of at least one bacteriologically proven VAP were included (including 802 COVID +). Among Gram-positive bacteria, S. aureus accounted for more than two-thirds of the bacteria involved, followed by Streptococcaceae and enterococci without difference between clinical groups regarding antibiotic resistance. Among Gram-negative bacteria, Klebsiella spp. was the most

SUBMITTER: Pichon M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10303851 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature