https://doi.org/10.5812/pedinfect.12685

Prevalence of Human Herpes Viruses in Bronchoalveolar Lavage of Critically Ill Children Undergoing Mechanical Ventilation at a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

authors:

avatar Ali Amanati ORCID 1 , avatar Abdollah Karimi 2 , * , avatar Alireza Fahimzad 2 , avatar Ahmad Reza Shamshiri 3 , avatar Fatemeh Fallah 2 , avatar Alireza Mahdavi 4 , avatar Mahshid Talebian 5

Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Pediatric Infections Research Center, Research Institute for Children Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
Pediatric Anesthesiologists and Intensivist, Mofid Children’s Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
BS of Nursery, Head Nurse of PICU, Mofid Children’s Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
Archives of Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Vol.6, issue 2; e12685
published online: March 18, 2018
article type: Research Article
received: March 6, 2017
revised: November 24, 2017
accepted: February 21, 2018

How To Cite Amanati A, Karimi A, Fahimzad A, Shamshiri A R, Fallah F, et al. Prevalence of Human Herpes Viruses in Bronchoalveolar Lavage of Critically Ill Children Undergoing Mechanical Ventilation at a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Arch Pediatr Infect Dis. 2018;6(2):e12685. https://doi.org/10.5812/pedinfect.12685.

Abstract

Background:

Critically ill children at the intensive care unit frequently develop hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP). Human herpes viruses (HHVs), primarily or by reactivation may cause bronchopneumonitis in mechanically ventilated patients. The exact prevalence and role of HHVs in morbidity and mortality of pediatric patients undergoing mechanical ventilation is unclear. The current study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of 5 Herpes viruses by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) samples in critically ill children at a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).

Methods:

Overall, 140 bronchoalveolar lavage samples from 83 mechanically ventilated cases were studied. Samples were taken via the mini-BAL technique. Samples were analyzed by qualitative PCR for detection of herpes simplex virus type 1 and 2 (HSV1/HSV2), human herpes virus type 6 and 7 (HHV6/HHV7), Ebstein-Barr virus (EBV), and cytomegalovirus (CMV).

Results:

Out of 83 cases, 53% (44) were male and 47% (39) were female. The mean age was 29.12 ± 33.67 months (32.53 months in males and 25.29 months in females). The estimated prevalence of HSV1, HHV6, HHV7, EBV, and CMV were 2.4%, 13.2%, 2.4%, 7.2%, and 2.4%, respectively.

Conclusions:

Molecular study of BAL specimens and investigation of HHVs may be the first step in the evaluation of the possible role of these viruses in the development of viral pneumonia during VAP. The current results are useful for guiding other well-designed studies for correlation of viral load and clinical outcome in ill ventilated children. The Modified protected BAL may be of use as a safe modality in critically ill ventilated pediatric patients for investigation of possible viral (and also bacterial and fungal) infections. Local study of high-risk patients at the PICU and estimation of the true prevalence of HHVs infection may assist in finding the exact role of HHVs in mortality and morbidity of critically ill patients.

1. Background

Diagnostic virology has become one of the integral parts of managing patients with respiratory infection (1-5). Along with recent advantages in diagnosis (6), new challenges have occurred in the management of viral infections (true disease versus colonization), especially among high risk patients (such as immunocompromised hosts). Also, there are limited data regarding the clinical importance of isolated virus (such as HHVs) in lower respiratory tract of critically ill individuals. Pulmonary viral infections have been reported in both immunocompromised (7) and healthy individuals (8). Currently, there is a lack of acceptable evidence-based approach for the management of patients, who are infected with latent viruses, especially Herpes viruses. These viruses can reactivate any time throughout life (9, 10) after primary infection.

Pulmonary viral infections (primary or reactivation) (6, 11, 12) may be accompanied by susceptibility to certain bacterial or fungal infections (4, 13, 14) and further complications (15-17).

Differentiation of true infection from asymptomatic colonization may not be feasible in all situations. At the time of reactivation, the virus may be excreted through the respiratory and digestive tract (17). On the other hand, viruses could excreted in colonization, persistent or chronic infections (18).

Incidence of pulmonary Herpes virus infections in high risk healthy individuals is not yet fully determined.

Detection of the virus from the tissue, CSF, skin lesions, eye, and blood is more likely to be associated with clinical disease but positive tests of bronchoalveolar lavage sampling may be due to active disease or asymptomatic infection (colonization) (19).

Human herpes viruses (HHVs) are one of the most common causes of respiratory viral infections in immunocompromised patients (1, 20). Although cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a known cause (21, 22), other members of this family may cause pneumonia in both healthy and immunocompromised individuals (3, 23, 24). Patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and acute lung injury (ALI) or viral pneumonia of unknown etiology should be examined for HHVs (1, 24).

CMV pneumonia could occur in the absence of antigenemia or detectable pp65 (25) and this fact necessitates the use of other available diagnostic methods, such as molecular tests in bronchoalveolar lavage samples, for better detection of causative viral infections.

Published reports have shown that patients with ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP), who are infected with certain HHVs have poorer prognosis than non-infected individuals (26-29). However, other researchers have failed to find any differences (3, 12, 30). Thus, the clinical importance of HHVs infection in critically ill patients, is a subject of discussion and needs further well-designed observational studies (27, 30-32).

The majority of previous reports have investigated these viruses in high risk populations, such as in lung transplant patients (33). There are limited studies that have evaluated HHVs in critically ill pediatric patients (1).

This study was conducted to estimate prevalence of HHVs in bronchoalveolar lavage samples of children requiring mechanical ventilation.

2. Methods

In this cross-sectional study, 83 patients were included and 140 BAL samples were obtained from critically ill ventilated patients at the PICU by protected mini BAL (without bronchoscopy). Samples were taken by covered catheter to minimize the risk of contamination. During the study period, all critically ill ventilated patients younger than 18 years of age, who were admitted to the PICU, were enrolled and investigated. Any intubated child with pulmonary hemorrhage (or bleeding tendency) and unstable respiratory condition were excluded. Three samples were taken from each patient. The first sample was taken within 24 hours after intubation, the second sample was taken 48 hours after the first sample, and finally, the third sample was taken 1 week after the intubation time.

Sampling was continued as long as the patient was under mechanical ventilation, thus a lesser count of samples was obtained in total (compared to the maximum number of samples that could be obtained from all patients). It should be noted that repeated sampling was primarily achieved as part of VAP assessment (bacterial and viral detection), however, there was a chance to increase the likelihood of HHVs detection. These results have been published separately (34).

A protected double catheter was advanced in the airway, where the inner catheter is then released to perform a small lavage and collect the specimen. During sampling, 5 to 10 mL of sterile normal saline was slowly injected and immediately suctioned. During sampling, sterile gloves and standard precautions were applied. The patient was observed closely by an assistant physician for any change in vital signs and also any possible clinical deterioration. FiO2 was increased temporarily and close heart and respiratory monitoring was done during each sampling. Each specimen was transferred to the Pediatric Infections Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, to freeze at -70°C. At the end of the specimen collection period, specimens were obtained from the freezer and prepared to processing. The HHVs DNA were determined by the commercially available qualitative conventional PCR method. Primers were provided by the Takapozist company from Bioneer (South Korea). A master mix kit, manufactured by Intron (South Korea; Accu Power PCR Premix cat No K-2016), was used for DNA extraction. Taq polymerase, buffers, dNTPs, and MgCI2 were used according to the company recommendations. The used primers are presented in Table 1.

Table 1.

Primers Used for Detection of Different HHVs PCR

Primers
HSV1 RTTTTCTGCTCCAGGCGGACTTm 58.4
HSV1 FAGCGTCTTGTCATTGGCGAATm 57.8
HHV6 RGGTGCTGAGTGATCAGTTTCTm 48.9
HHV6 FTTCTCCAGATGTGCCAGGGATm 57.5
HHV7 RCACAAAAGCGTCGCTATCAATm 53.8
HHV7 FCGCATACACCAACCCTACTGTm 52.7
EBV RAGTCTGGGAAGACAACCACATm 51.4
EBV FCCCGCCTACACACCAACTATTm 53.7
CMV RATAGGAGGCGCCACGTATTCTm 55.4
CMV FTACCCCCTATCGCGTGTGTTCTm 54.6

2.1. Informed Consent

Informed parental consent was obtained from all participants included in the study.

2.2. Ethical Approval

All procedures were in accordance with ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. This study was approved by pediatric infections research center review board of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.

In this study, known risk factors for development of bacterial VAP was investigated in patients with HHVs (35). To address this correlation, 6 parameters were investigated in all ventilated patients, including the use of PH modifying agents, corticosteroid therapy, total or partial parenteral nutrition, concurrent antibiotic therapy, presence of nasogastric tube, and immune status.

Pneumonia was categorized to “bacterial, viral, and aspiration” by clinical history, imaging findings, laboratory criteria, and microbiology confirmation, if available.

Qualitative data were reported as frequencies and percentages. Quantitative data were reported as mean and standard deviation. Statistical significance was considered at P values of ≤ 0.05. Each patient provided routine care and proper antimicrobial treatment based on clinical judgment of the responsible physician.

3. Results

Out of 83 patients, 44 cases were male (53%) and 39 patients (47%) were female. The average age of patients was 29 months (the youngest was 1 month and the oldest was 12 years old). Overall, 19 patients were positive for HHVs. Among them, HSV1-PCR was found in 2 patients (2.4%), HHV6-PCR in 11 patients (13.2%), HHV7-PCR in 2 patients (2.4%), EBV-PCR in 6 patients (7.2%), and CMV-PCR in 2 patients (2.4%). Of the 140 samples, 26 specimens (22.9%) had positive test results. In the patients with positive results, 3 cases had 2 positive HHV-6 tests in repeated sampling and in 1 case all 3 samples were positive for CMV.

The HHV-6 and EBV virus was detected in 2 samples (co-detection). Also, EBV/HSV-1 and HHV6/HSV1 were detected in 2 different samples.

Characteristics of positive samples, according to specific virus based on clinical course and outcome are summarized in Table 2.

Table 2.

Characteristics of Isolated Virus by Clinical Course and Risk Factors

HSV-1HSV-2HHV-6HHV-7CMVEBV
Number of positive samples2014266
Number of repeated positive samples in one patients--3a-1b-
Co-detectioncYes-YesNoNoYes
Prolonged PICU stay before intubation (number of patients)No-Yes (1)Yes (1)NoYes (2)
Number of positive samples in patients with more than 4 risk factors1-5122

Abbreviation: PICU, pediatric intensive care unit.

aThree patients had two repeated positive tests.

bOne patient had three repeated positive tests.

cAt least two HHVs in one patient.

Among patients infected with HHVs, 52.63% cases were less than 12 months of age, 26.32% were older than 5 years old and the rest (21%) were between 1 and 5 years of old. The most common diagnosis at the time of sampling included aspiration pneumonia in 19 cases (22.9%), bacterial pneumonia in 13 cases (15.7%), seizure in 11 (13/3%), viral pneumonia (by PCR confirmation) in 3 cases (3.6%), heart failure in 3 cases (3.6%), metabolic disorder in 2 cases (2.4%), leukemia or lymphoma in 2 cases (2.4%), and prolonged intubation after surgery (with no medical problems) in 5 cases (6%).

The researchers attempted to investigate the possible effect of different risk factors for HHVs infection in critically ill patients at the PICU. The rate of HHVs infection was not different between immunocompromised and immunocompetent cases (P value = 0.393). Among other possible predisposing risk factors for acquisition of HHVs infection, history of corticosteroid therapy and concurrent use of total or partial parenteral nutrition were investigated, however, no significant differences were found between those with and without HHVs infection (P value = 0.527 and P value = 0.264, respectively). Demographic characteristics and investigated risk factors are summarized in Table 3.

Table 3.

Prevalence of Isolated Virus in Patients with Acute Respiratory Disordersa

Respiratory DisorderbP Value
NoYes
Patients HHV status0.002
Negative49 (87.5)15 (55.6)
Positive7 (12.5)12 (44.4)

aValues are expressed as No. (%).

bRespiratory disorder includes: clinically bacterial or viral pneumonia and aspiration pneumonia.

Prevalence of risk factors according to presence of HHVs infection are shown in Figure 1.

Prevalence of Different Risk Factors According to Presence of HHVs Infection are Shown as Percentages in Front of Each Column
None of investigated risk factors had a significant role in HHVs acquisition in critically ill children. (Green column represents absence of previous history of corticosteroid therapy, concurrent TPN administration during repeated sampling, immunocompetent individuals, first sample obtained in less than one week after admission and less than 4 risk factors). [Calculated P value in descending order: 0.349, 0.527, 0.264, 0.393 and 0.277].

None of investigated risk factors had a significant role in HHVs acquisition in critically ill children. (Green column represents absence of previous history of corticosteroid therapy, concurrent TPN administration during repeated sampling, immunocompetent individuals, first sample obtained in less than one week after admission and less than 4 risk factors). [Calculated P value in descending order: 0.349, 0.527, 0.264, 0.393 and 0.277].

Figure 1.

Prevalence of Different Risk Factors According to Presence of HHVs Infection are Shown as Percentages in Front of Each Column

Critically ill patients with acute respiratory disorders are more commonly infected with HHVs compared to those admitted with other diagnoses (P value < 0.002). Data are shown in Table 4.

Table 4.

General Description and Distribution of Isolated Virus Among Samples Collected by BALa

Variables (Total Number)HHVs PositiveP Value
Male (n = 44)11 (57.9)0.794
Female (n = 39)8 (42.1)
Age0.15
< 12 mo (n = 35)10 (52.63)
1 - 5 y (n = 33)4 (21)
> 5 y (n = 15)5 (26.32)
Bacterial pneumonia (n = 13)3 (15.8)0.67
Immune status0.54
Immunocompetent (n = 65)14 (73.7)
Immunocompromised (n = 18)5 (26.3)
Corticosteroid usage0.52
Yes (n = 16)4 (21.1)> 0.999
No (n = 67)15 (78.9)
Partial Parenteral Nutrition0.52
Yes (n = 8)3 (15.8)0.376
No (n = 75)16 (84.2)
Number of risk factors0.599
Less than 4 (n = 49)10 (52.6)
More than 4 (n = 34)9 (47.4)
Sampling time from admission0.609
Less than 1 week (n = 71)15 (78.9)
After 1 week (n = 12)4 (21.1)
Survival> 0.999
Survive (n = 21)6 (42.9)
Death (n = 25)8 (57.1)

aValues are expressed as No. (%).

The mortality rate (all-cause mortality) was not statistically different between HHVs infected and non-infected patients (P value = 0.597).

The incidence of HHV infection was not significantly greater in those, who developed early (P value = 0.698) or late VAP (P value = 0.778). Detail information about the incidence of VAP in our cases also is reported by authors (34).

4. Discussion

The current study was conducted on a pediatric population and not limited to a high risk population (for example septic or immunocompromised patients). The study included all ventilated patients regardless of primary diagnosis.

Prevalence of HHVs in critically ill ventilated patients was investigated in different population. Prevalence, outcome, and findings of some reports in pediatric and adult patients are shown in Table 5 and compared with the present study.

Table 5.

Characteristics of the PRESENT Study in Comparison with Some Other Studies Assessing the Rate and Outcome of HHVs Isolation in Critically Ill Patients

HHVs Rate (Percent)
Study [Reference number]Inclusion Criteria/(Population)MVNumber of Patients (Samples)Frequency of MonitoringAssay (Specimen)HSV-1/2HHV-6HHV-7CMVEBVOutcome and Findings
Present study (Prospective) Any MV patient in PICU (pediatric)Yes83 (140)Three times (within first 24 hr, after 48 hr and on day 7)Conventional PCR (Protected mini BAL)2.4/013.22.42.47.2HHVs do not affect mortality
Tachikawa, 2014 (Retrospective) (1)New onset ALI/ARDS (Adult)Yes87 (87)OnceMultiplex PCR, culture (BAL)13/0212418Detecting HHVs in ALI/ARDS patients
Germi, 2011 (Retrospective) (27)Lung transplant recipients (Adult)No83 (25)-PCR (BAL)12/ ND18ND1828HHVs are more frequently detected in suspected LRI
Emilio Bouza, 2011 (Retrospective) (4)ICUs patients (Adults)Yes177 (177)OnceViral culture (Endotracheal aspiration)19NDNDNDNDHSV infection associated with greater severity and worse prognosis
Astegiano, 2010 (Prospective) (32)Transplant recipients (Adult)No153 (212)At month 1 post Tx and by 3-month intervalsReal-time PCRNDND32.3NDNDQuantification of HHV-7 DNA in BAL may be useful post Tx
Van den Brink, 2004 (Retrospective) (36)Critically ill patient in ICU (Adult)Yes22 (22)OnceViral culture (BAL)25/ NDNDNDNDNDHSV-1 may be a marker rather than a mediator of severe illness
Tarp, 2001 (Retrospective) (30)HIV patientsNo72 (91)Not definedPCR (BAL)NDNDND365.5HHVs do not play a serious role in the development of pulmonary symptoms in HIV patients

Abbreviation: ALI, acute lung injury; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; BAL, bronchoalveolar lavage; HHVs, human herpes viruses; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; ICU, intensive care unit; LRI, lower respiratory infection; MV, mechanical ventilation; ND, not detected; PCR: polymerase chain reaction; PICU, pediatric intensive care unit; Tx, transplatation; VAP, ventilator associated pneumonia.

Out of 83 patients, 19 cases (22.89%) had at least one HHV in their BAL samples. Prevalence of different HHVs in the ventilated patients at the PICU was 13.2% for HHV6, 7.2% for EBV, and 2.4% for HHV7, CMV, and HSV1. Furthermore, HSV-2 was not detected in any of the patients. In comparison to previous reports that estimated lower prevalence of HHVs at the intensive care unit (ICU) (less than 5%) (37-39), there was a notably greater prevalence of HHVs at the PICU in our study.

In previous studies, CMV and EBV were of the most common herpes viruses detected in different settings in patients with VAP. The reported incidence of CMV among VAP events in ICU patients had a wide range between 0 to 36% (28). For example, in a study by Bewig et al. in an adult population, CMV was the most commonly detected HHVs (24%) in new onset acute lung injury or ARDS patients. The other less common isolated viruses in this study were EBV: 18%, HSV-1: 13%, HHV-6: 2% and HHV-7: 1% (40). In another study by Germi et al. EBV was the most common isolated virus (28%) followed by CMV/HHV-6 (18%) and HSV-1 (12%) (27). In a study by Linssen on adults, HSV-1 occurred more commonly in critically ill patients. Linssen showed that viral load was directly correlated with outcome (26). Based on the author’s knowledge, this high prevalence of HHV6 among HHVs is not reported by other prospective studies on ventilated pediatric patients at the PICU.

Although there was no significant differences between clinical outcome (mortality) in VAP+/HHV+ and VAP+/HHV- groups (P value: 0.326), yet patients with positive HHVs had greater mortality (24.7%), which is in agreement with previous reports (13, 21, 41-45). On the other hand, patients with VAP (+) had a greater chance of HHVs positivity (36.8%) than VAP (-) patients (18.7%) (P value = 0.124) (34). These findings were also in agreement with previous reports, indicating the possible role of HHVs for participation in development of VAP, and its consequences, such as prolonged ICU or hospital stay (29, 46). The characteristics of VAP in our critically ill children undergoing mechanical has been published in other report (34).

This study failed to find any considerable risk factor in patients, who had HHVs in their BAL samples. Thus, known risk factors for the development of bacterial VAP should not be considered as a significant risk factor for acquisition of HHVs infection.

4.1. Conclusions

According to the author’s experience, modified protected BAL sampling (as described in detail in the methodology section) could be used successfully in suspected or proven VAP patients. The researchers did not encounter any adverse events or any complications (whether early or late) after performing this method in critically ill children at the PICU. Because of feasibility of sampling by this technique compared to bronchoscopy, clinicians may have a greater chance to obtain suitable specimens for timely diagnosis of the suspected organism in critically ill children at the PICU. This technique has been compared with BAL via flexible bronchoscopy in children, indicating acceptable results (47, 48).

This study was conducted during more than 12 months (including 4 seasons) and also included a wide range of primary diagnoses (usual admission cause in PICU).

Given the very low prevalence of treatable HHVs (HSV1 and CMV) and lack of any strong effects on the outcomes, it could be concluded that HHVs has a small role in acute respiratory disorder of critically ill children at the PICU.

Further research should be conducted to determine the exact role of these viruses in the clinical course of acute respiratory disorders in critically ill pediatric patients at the PICU. Finally, HHVs are known viruses that have a “latency phase”, and time of detection is not helpful to differentiate colonization (infection) and reactivation. This differentiation needs viral loading and well-designed studies to find the exact viral cutoff in virus reactivation.

Acknowledgements

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