Severe Infections Due to Respiratory Viruses.
Semin Respir Crit Care Med
; 43(1): 60-74, 2022 02.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1688937
ABSTRACT
Severe viral infections may result in severe illnesses capable of causing acute respiratory failure that could progress rapidly to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), related to worse outcomes, especially in individuals with a higher risk of infection, including the elderly and those with comorbidities such as asthma, diabetes mellitus and chronic respiratory or cardiovascular disease. In addition, in cases of severe viral pneumonia, co-infection with bacteria such as Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus is related to worse outcomes. Respiratory viruses like influenza, rhinovirus, parainfluenza, adenovirus, metapneumovirus, respiratory syncytial virus, and coronavirus have increasingly been detected. This trend has become more prevalent, especially in critically ill patients, due to the availability and implementation of molecular assays in clinical practice. Respiratory viruses have been diagnosed as a frequent cause of severe pneumonia, including cases of community-acquired pneumonia, hospital-acquired pneumonia, and ventilator-associated pneumonia. In this review, we will discuss the epidemiology, diagnosis, clinical characteristics, management, and prognosis of patients with severe infections due to respiratory viruses, with a focus on influenza viruses, non-influenza viruses, and coronaviruses.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Respiratory Tract Infections
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Virus Diseases
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Semin Respir Crit Care Med
Journal subject:
Critical Care
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S-0041-1740982
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