The research aims to determine the impact of a syndromic mutiplex PCR assay (FilmArray) on the management of patients hospitalized in ICU for severe respiratory disease. During the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, the diagnosis of pneumonia has become considerably more complex as the biological, radiological and clinical criteria of covid-19 interfere with the standard criteria for the diagnosis of severe respiratory diseases. Moreover, patients with COVID-19 are at higher risk of developing other associated infections and thus, patients have therefore often been treated with antibiotics, adequately or not, due to difficulty to quickly identify the etiology of their symptoms with conventional methods. In order to improve their treatment, both diagnostic and therapeutic, we set up a new syndromic molecular test in our laboratories to accelerate and improve the pneumonia management and antibiotic stewardship. This research will include 100 to 150 adult patients hospitalized in ICU during the first half of 2020. It will take place within the Nancy University Hospital and the Reims University Hospital, France.
Diagnostic Test: FilmArray PCR on respiratory samples
Molecular test performed on respiratory samples realized for microbiological routine testing as part of the care
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients > 18 years affiliated to a social security system
- Patients who have received complete information about the research and who have not
objected to the use of its data
- Patients with suspected SARS-Cov-2 infection
- Patients for which a FilmArray test has been realized on its respiratory samples
between 1st of March and 1st of July 2020.
Exclusion Criteria:
- None