Relationship between SARS-CoV-2 infection and the incidence of ventilator-associated lower respiratory tract infections: a European multicenter cohort study.
Anahita RouzéIgnacio Martin-LoechesPedro PovoaDemosthenes MakrisAntonio ArtigasMathilde BouchereauFabien LambiotteMatthieu MetzelardPierre CuchetClaire Boulle GeronimiMarie LabruyereFabienne TamionMartine NyungaCharles-Edouard LuytJulien LabreucheOlivier PoulyJustine BardinAnastasia SaadePierre AsfarJean-Luc BaudelAlexandra BeurtonDenis GarotIliana IoannidouLouis KreitmannJean-François LlitjosEleni MagiraBruno MégarbaneDavid MeguerditchianEdgar MogliaArmand Mekontso-DessapJean ReignierMatthieu TurpinAlexandre PierreGaetan PlantefeveChristophe VinsonneauPierre-Edouard FlochNicolas WeissAdrian CeccatoAntoni TorresAlain DuhamelSaad Nseirnull nullPublished in: Intensive care medicine (2021)
The incidence of VA-LRTI is significantly higher in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection, as compared to patients with influenza pneumonia, or no viral infection after statistical adjustment, but residual confounding may still play a role in the effect estimates.