Severe atypical pneumonia in critically ill patients: a retrospective multicenter study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chlamydophila pneumoniae (CP) and Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) patients could require intensive care unit (ICU) admission for acute respiratory failure.

Methods

Adults admitted between 2000 and 2015 to 20 French ICUs with proven atypical pneumonia were retrospectively described. Patients with MP were compared to Streptococcus pneumoniae (SP) pneumonia patients admitted to ICUs.

Results

A total of 104 patients were included, 71 men and 33 women, with a median age of 56 [44-67] years. MP was the causative agent for 76 (73%) patients and CP for 28 (27%) patients. Co-infection was documented for 18 patients (viruses for 8 [47%] patients). Median number of involved quadrants on chest X-ray was 2 [1-4], with alveolar opacities (n = 61, 75%), interstitial opacities

SUBMITTER: Valade S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6089852 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature