TY  - JOUR
TI  - Investigation of Viral and Atypical Pathogens in 
Patients with Pneumonia Who Need Intensive Care 
Unit
AB  - Introduction: Viral pathogens have been reported increasingly in pneumonia patients. There are few studies in Turkey on viral and 
atypical bacterial etiology in adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) or hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP). In 
this study, it was aimed to determine atypical and viral pathogens in patients with pneumonia requiring ICU and to research clinical 
progression.
Materials and Methods: Adult patients admitted to adult ICUs between November 2016-October 2017 with either CAP or HAP diagnosis were included prospectively. Viral pathogens and also atypical bacterial pathogens were investigated with the in-house multiplex 
polymerase chain reaction method. 
Results: Two hundred patients were enrolled to the study, of whom 63 had CAP (31.5%) and 137 had HAP (68.5%). Viral agents 
were identified in 31 (15.5%) patients in total, 11 (17.5%) in CAP and 20 (14.6%) in HAP. The most identified viral etiologic agents 
were rhinovirus, influenza A, and coronavirus HKU. Eight patients (4%) had Mycoplasma pneumoniae. All patients were negative for 
Legionella pneumoniae and Chlamydophila pneumoniae. Mortality rates were 16.7% for cases with a viral etiology only, 29.2% for 
cases with bacterial pathogens only, and 23.5% for cases with mixed agents identified.
Conclusion: Viral pathogens and M. pneumoniae should be remembered in the etiology of severe pneumonia patients.
AU  - DOĞAN, AHMET
AU  - Ersoy, Yasemin
AU  - Kuzucu, cigdem
DO  - 10.5578/flora.20229903
PY  - 2022
JO  - Flora İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi
VL  - 27
IS  - 1
SN  - 1300-932X
SP  - 28
EP  - 36
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/521289
ER  -