High mortality of patients with severe pneumonia caused by respiratory syncytial virus, August 2021-June 2023, Taiwan

Chieh-Lung Chen; Yu-Chao Lin; How-Yang Tseng; Wei-Cheng Chen; Shinn-Jye Liang; Chih-Yen Tu; Po-Ren Hsueh

doi:10.1016/j.jmii.2023.12.005

High mortality of patients with severe pneumonia caused by respiratory syncytial virus, August 2021-June 2023, Taiwan

J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2024 Feb;57(1):184-188. doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2023.12.005. Epub 2023 Dec 21.

Authors

Chieh-Lung Chen¹, Yu-Chao Lin², How-Yang Tseng¹, Wei-Cheng Chen¹, Shinn-Jye Liang¹, Chih-Yen Tu², Po-Ren Hsueh³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
³ Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; PhD Program for Aging, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. Electronic address: hsporen@gmail.com.

PMID: 38151433
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2023.12.005

Abstract

Among the 14 patients with respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia, the majority (n = 8, 57.1 %) were older than 65 years and had health care-associated pneumonia (57.1 %). Over 70 % (n = 10) of them exhibited bacterial co-infection, with a high proportion (64.3 %) requiring mechanical ventilation. The hospital mortality rate was 50 %.

Keywords: Bacterial co-infection; Mortality; Older adults; Pneumonia; Respiratory syncytial virus.

MeSH terms

Humans
Patients
Pneumonia, Viral*
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections*
Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human*
Taiwan / epidemiology