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Lung virome convergence precedes hospital-acquired pneumonia in intubated critically ill patients.
Article in Cell reports. Medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 10 papers.
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Effects of Viral Reactivation on Outcomes of Brain-injured Patients ( IBIS-VIRUS)
Human Recombinant Interferon Gamma-1b for the Prevention of Hospital-acquired Pneumonia in Critically Ill Patients: a Double-blind, International, Phase 2, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial - the PREV-HAP Study
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10 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Metagenomic next-generation sequencing reveals airway microbial dysbiosis and functional alterations inFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Article
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- Novel Viral Sequences in a Patient with Cryptogenic Liver Cirrhosis Revealed by Serum Virome Sequencing.Viruses · 2025Article
- Comparison between metatranscriptomics and viral metagenomics, 16S, and host transcriptomics for comprehensive profiling of the respiratory microbiome and host response.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is one of the most common nosocomial infections, leading to significant morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients. HAP is previously associated with dysbiosis of the microbiota. However, the composition of the lung virome and its role in HAP pathogenesis remain unclear. Here, we longitudinally analyze the endotracheal virome in 87 critically ill patients, including 48 with HAP. Within the virome dominated by Caudoviricetes, a decrease in viral beta-diversity toward a bacteriophage-dominated signature and a distinct viral-bacterial interactome is observed 5-4 days before HAP onset. Lung virome composition, viral convergence before HAP onset, and conservation of 18% of the bacteriophage signature are validated in an external cohort of 40 patients. In silico causal inference further identifies bacteriophages associated with Streptococcus and Prevotella as a key regulator of HAP onset. These findings suggest an uncovered pathophysiological mechanism of HAP with virome involvement in lung microbiota dysbiosis. The discovery and validation studies are registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02003196 and NCT04793568).
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