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BMC Pulm Med . Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in immunocompetent patients hospitalised with influenza A-related pneumonia: a multicenter retrospe

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BMC Pulm Med


. 2020 Sep 9;20(1):239.
doi: 10.1186/s12890-020-01257-w.
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in immunocompetent patients hospitalised with influenza A-related pneumonia: a multicenter retrospective study


Liang Chen[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Xiudi Han[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Yanli Li[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Chunxiao Zhang[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Xiqian Xing[SUP] 5 [/SUP]



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Abstract

Background: Increasing cases of pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) in immunocompetent patients with severe influenza have been reported. Howevere, the risk factors for occurence and death are largely unknown.
Methods: Data of hospitalised patients with influenza A-related pneumonia (FluA-p) obtained from five teaching hospitals from 2031 to 2018, were reviewed. Univariate and multivariate logistical regression analyses were performed to determine the risk factors involved in the acquisition and 60-day mortality in IPA patients.
Results: Of the 693 FluA-p patients included in the study, 3.0% (21/693) were IPA patients with a 60-day mortality of 42.9% (9/21). Adjusted for confounders, a Cox proportional hazard model showed that IPA was associated with increased risk for 60-day mortality [hazard ratio (HR) 4.336, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.191-15.784, p = 0.026] in FluA-p patients. A multivariate logistic regression model confirmed that age (odd ratio (OR) 1.147, 95% CI 1.048-1.225, p = 0.003), systemic corticosteroids use before IPA diagnosis (OR 33.773, 95% CI 5.681-76.764, p < 0.001), leukocytes > 10 ? 10[SUP]9[/SUP]/L (OR 1.988, 95% CI 1.028-6.454, p = 0.029) and lymphocytes < 0.8 ? 10[SUP]9[/SUP]/L on admission (OR 34.813, 95% CI 1.676-73.006, p = 0.022), were related with the acquisition of IPA. Early neuraminidase inhibitor use (OR 0.290, 95% CI 0.002-0.584, p = 0.021) was associated with a decreased risk for a 60-day mortality in IPA patients.
Conclusions: Our results showed that IPA worsen the clinical outcomes of FluA-p patients. The risk factors for the acquisition and death were helpful for the clinicians in preventing and treating IPA.

Keywords: Influenza A; Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis; Pneumonia; Risk factor.
 
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