Viruses detected by systematic multiplex polymerase chain reaction in adults with suspected community-acquired pneumonia attending emergency departments in France

D Das, H Le Floch, N Houhou, L Epelboin, P Hausfater, A Khalil, P Ray, X Duval, Y-E Claessens, C Leport, ESCAPED Study Group, D Das, H Le Floch, N Houhou, L Epelboin, P Hausfater, A Khalil, P Ray, X Duval, Y-E Claessens, C Leport, ESCAPED Study Group

Abstract

Infectious agents associated with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are under-studied. This study attempted to identify viruses from the upper respiratory tract in adults visiting emergency departments for clinically suspected CAP. Adults with suspected CAP enrolled in the ESCAPED study (impact of computed tomography on CAP diagnosis) had prospective nasopharyngeal (NP) samples studied by multiplex PCR (targeting 15 viruses and four intracellular bacteria). An adjudication committee composed of infectious disease specialists, pneumologists and radiologists blinded to PCR results reviewed patient records, including computed tomography and day 28 follow up, to categorize final diagnostic probability of CAP as definite, probable, possible, or excluded. Among the 254 patients enrolled, 78 (31%) had positive PCR, which detected viruses in 72/254 (28%) and intracellular bacteria in 8 (3%) patients. PCR was positive in 44/125 (35%) patients with definite CAP and 21/83 (25%) patients with excluded CAP. The most frequent organisms were influenza A/B virus in 27 (11%), rhinovirus in 20 (8%), coronavirus in seven (3%), respiratory syncytial virus in seven (3%) and Mycoplasma pneumoniae in eight (3%) of 254 patients. Proportion of rhinovirus was higher in patients with excluded CAP compared with other diagnostic categories (p = 0.01). No such difference was observed for influenza virus. Viruses seem common in adults attending emergency departments with suspected CAP. A concomitant clinical, radiological and biological analysis of the patient's chart can contribute to either confirm their role, or suggest upper respiratory tract infection or shedding. Their imputability and impact in early management of CAP deserve further studies.

Clinical trials registration: NCT01574066.

Keywords: Adjudication committee; community-acquired pneumonia; emergency departments; multiplex PCR; nasopharyngeal swabs; viruses.

Copyright © 2015 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Flow chart of detection of infectious agents in nasopharyngeal swabs by multiplex PCR in the 319 patients included in the ESCAPED study.
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Seasonal distribution of detected pathogens in nasopharyngeal swabs by multiplex PCR in the 319 patients included in the ESCAPED study. * As compared with the total number of samples.

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