Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
A contemporary overview of severe community-acquired bacterial infections in pediatric intensive care units
Authors' conclusion
Severe CABIs in French PICUs in 2024 were mainly caused by B. pertussis and M. pneumoniae, followed by S. pneumoniae and S. aureus. Mortality and morbidity of these infections remain substantial.
Study context
- Population
- Children with suspected community-acquired bacterial infections admitted to 28 French pediatric intensive care units (PICUs), January–December 2024
- Participants
- 897 children · 28 French PICUs
- Outcome
- Mortality
- Follow-up
- Day 28
Methodological detailsmulticenter
- Multicenter
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Overall mortality
7%
Mortality with septic shock
19%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Secondary outcomes
Sequelae among survivors · day 28
- Sequelae in survivors
- 15%
Pathogens identified
- Pathogen identified
- 89%
- Bordetella pertussis
- 22%
- Mycoplasma pneumoniae
- 15%
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- 13%
- Staphylococcus aureus
- 11%
- Viral co-infection
- 34%
Infection types and severity
- Lower respiratory tract infection
- 43%
- Meningitis
- 20%
- Ear-nose-throat infections
- 13%
- Septic shock
- 17%
- Organ support required
- 70%
Original publication
A contemporary overview of severe community-acquired bacterial infections in pediatric intensive care units. Ann Intensive Care. Published 9 July 2026. doi:10.
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