Active cytomegalovirus infection in mechanically ventilated patients with sepsis
Zhihui Zhang, Jierong Zhang, Shuang Dai, Xueying Fan, Yuhua Liu, Junlu Sun, Lisheng Chen, Tiantian Song, Shangzuo Li, Jinjiang Zhang, Xuesong Liu, Rong Zhang, Dongdong Liu, Yonghao Xu, Yimin Li, Xiaoqing Liu · 2024
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Zhihui Zhang and a large team study a virus that wakes up in ventilated sepsis patients. Their twenty twenty-four retrospective study deals with cytomegalovirus, a common virus that lies dormant and can reactivate under critical illness. Active infection tracks with poor outcomes, yet its pattern in this group was little mapped.
One hundred eighteen septic patients on ventilators at one ICU were followed over three years. About eighteen percent showed active virus in blood within twenty-eight days. Low hemoglobin stood out as an independent risk factor and predictor. Infected patients stayed on ventilators and in the ICU far longer. The authors suggest which patients might gain from preventive antiviral care.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Zhihui Zhang, Jierong Zhang, Shuang Dai, Xueying Fan, Yuhua Liu, Junlu Sun, Lisheng Chen, Tiantian Song, Shangzuo Li, Jinjiang Zhang, Xuesong Liu, Rong Zhang, Dongdong Liu, Yonghao Xu, Yimin Li, Xiaoqing Liu |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |