Nasopharyngeal Viral and Bacterial Co-Detection among Children from Low- and Middle-Income Countries with and without Pneumonia

Cédric Dananché CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie (team Public Health, Epidemiology and Evolutionnary Ecology of Infectious Diseases (PHE3ID)), Univ Lyon, Inserm, U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, F-69007, Lyon, France;
Infection Control and Epidemiology Department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France;

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Mariam Sylla Gabriel Touré Hospital, Bamako, Mali;

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Shally Awasthi Chatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow, India;

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Ashish Bavdekar KEM Hospital Research Center, Pune, India;

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Jean-William Pape Centres GHESKIO (Groupe Haïtien d'Etude du Sarcome de Kaposi et des Infections Opportunistes), Port-au-Prince, Haiti;

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Vanessa Rouzier Centres GHESKIO (Groupe Haïtien d'Etude du Sarcome de Kaposi et des Infections Opportunistes), Port-au-Prince, Haiti;

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Jianwei Wang MOH Key Laboratory of the Systems Biology of Pathogens and Dr. Christophe Mérieux Laboratory, Fondation Mérieux, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China;

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Sonali Sanghavi KEM Hospital Research Center, Pune, India;

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Souleymane Diallo Centre d’Infectiologie Charles Mérieux, Bamako, Mali;

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Tekchheng Eap Department of Pneumology, National Pediatric Hospital, Phnom Penh, Cambodia;

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Mala Rakoto-Andrianarivelo Fondation Mérieux, Centre d'Infectiologie Charles Mérieux, Antananarivo, Madagascar;

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Philippe Vanhems CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie (team Public Health, Epidemiology and Evolutionnary Ecology of Infectious Diseases (PHE3ID)), Univ Lyon, Inserm, U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, F-69007, Lyon, France;
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ABSTRACT.

The role of microbial coinfection in the pathogenesis of pneumonia in children is not well known. The aim of this work was to describe the prevalence of microorganism co-detection in nasopharyngeal samples (NPS) of pneumonia cases and control subjects and to study the potential association between nasopharyngeal microorganism co-detection and pneumonia. A case-control study was carried out from 2010 to 2014 in nine study sites located in low- or middle-income countries. The data from 888 children under 5 years of age with pneumonia (cases) and 870 children under 5 without pneumonia (controls) were analyzed. Nasopharyngeal samples were collected; reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) enabled the detection of five bacteria and 19 viruses. Multiple, mixed-effects logistic regression modeling was undertaken to evaluate the association between microorganism co-detection and pneumonia. A single Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization was observed in 15.2% of the controls and 10.1% of the cases (P = 0.001), whereas S. pneumoniae and a single virus co-detection was observed in 33.3% of the cases and in 14.6% of the controls (P < 0.001). Co-detections with rhinovirus, respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza virus, human metapneumovirus, and influenza virus were more frequent in the cases compared with the controls (P < 0.001) and were significantly associated with pneumonia in multiple regression analysis. The proportion of single virus detection without bacterial co-detection was not different between cases and controls (13.6% versus 11.3%, P = 0.13). This study suggests that coinfection of S. pneumoniae and certain viruses may play a role in the pathophysiology of pneumonia in children.

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Address correspondence to Cédric Dananché, Team Public Health, Epidemiology and Evolutionary Ecology of Infectious Diseases (PHE3ID), Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, INSERM U1111, CNRS UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 7-11, rue Guillaume Paradin, Lyon 69372, France. E-mail: cedric.dananche@chu-lyon.fr

Financial support: This study was supported by the GABRIEL Network of Fondation Mérieux.

Disclaimer: A. B. has received grants from Fondation Mérieux.

Authors’ addresses: Cédric Dananché, Team Public Health, Epidemiology and Evolutionary Ecology of Infectious Diseases (PHE3ID), Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, INSERM U1111, CNRS UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France, and Infection Control and Epidemiology Department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France, E-mail: cedric.dananche@chu-lyon.fr. Gláucia Paranhos-Baccalà, Mélina Messaoudi, and Valentina Sánchez Picot, Mérieux Foundation, Lyon, France, E-mails: glaucia.baccala@biomerieux.com, melina.messaoudi@fondation-merieux.org, and valentina.picot@fondation-merieux.org. Mariam Sylla, Gabriel Touré Hospital, Bamako, Mali, E-mail: dr_mame@yahoo.fr. Shally Awasthi, Chatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow, India, E-mail: shally07@gmail.com. Ashish Bavdekar and Sonali Sanghavi, KEM Hospital Research Center, Pune, India, E-mails: bavdekar@vsnl.com and sanghsk@yahoo.com. Jean-William Pape and Vanessa Rouzier, Centres GHESKIO (Groupe Haïtien d’Etude du Sarcome de Kaposi et des Infections Opportunistes), Port-au-Prince, Haiti, E-mails: jwpape@gheskio.org and vrouzier@gheskio.org. Jianwei Wang and Lili Ren, MOH Key Laboratory of the Systems Biology of Pathogens and Dr. Christophe Mérieux Laboratory, Fondation Mérieux, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, E-mails: wangjw28@163.com and skimmilk@163.com. Souleymane Diallo, Centre d’Infectiologie Charles Mérieux, Bamako, Mali, E-mail: souleymane.diallo@cicm-mali.org. Monidarin Chou, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Health Sciences, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, E-mail: cmonidarin@uhs.edu.kh. Tekchheng Eap, Department of Pneumology, National Pediatric Hospital, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, E-mail: techheng@yahoo.com. Mala Rakoto-Andrianarivelo, Fondation Mérieux, Centre d’Infectiologie Charles Mérieux, Antananarivo, Madagascar, E-mail: mala@cicm-madagascar.com. Hubert Endtz, Mérieux Foundation, Lyon, France, and Department of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, E-mail: hubert.endtz@fondation-merieux.org. Budragchaagiin Dash-Yandag, Bayanzurkh District General Hospital, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, E-mail: dashyandag@mobinet.mn. Rosa Guillen and Graciela Russomando, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud, National University of Asunción, Asunciòn, Paraguay, E-mails: rmguillen@gmail.com and grusso@rieder.net.py. Pagbajabyn Nymadawa, Mongolian Academy of Medical Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, E-mail: nymadawa@gyals.mn. Florence Komurian-Pradel, Mérieux Foundation, Lyon, France, E-mail: florence.pradel@fondation-merieux.org. Philippe Vanhems, Team Public Health, Epidemiology and Evolutionnary Ecology of Infectious Diseases (PHE3ID), Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France, Infection Control and Epidemiology Department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France, and INSERM, F-CRIN, Réseau Innovative Clinical Research in Vaccinology (I-REIVAC), Lyon center, France, E-mail: philippe.vanhems@chu-lyon.fr.

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