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Multicenter Study
Community-acquired respiratory coinfection in critically ill patients with pandemic 2009 influenza A(H1N1) virus.
Little is known about the impact of community-acquired respiratory coinfection in patients with pandemic 2009 influenza A(H1N1) virus infection. ⋯ During the 2009 pandemics, the role played by bacterial coinfection in bringing patients to the ICU was not clear, S pneumoniae being the most common pathogen. This work provides clear evidence that bacterial coinfection is a contributor to increased consumption of health resources by critical patients infected with the virus and is the virus that causes critical illness in the vast majority of cases.