Methods
a- Data collection
This is a retrospective cohort study; we conducted a chart review of all adults (18 years or more) patients diagnosed with HPMV admitted to our hospital in 2017.
Demographics, clinical, laboratory, radiographic, treatments and outcome data were collected at the time of admission or the time when the multiplex PCR was taken for patients who developed the infection during hospitalization. The Charlson Comorbidity Index scores were calculated for every patient.
b- Statistical analysis
Collected data are summarized using descriptive statistics, mean median and standard deviation for continuous variables, and numbers and percentages for categorical variables. To assess if there is significant relationship between two categorical variables among survivors and non survivors, we used X2 and Fisher exact test analysis while for continuous variables we used the Student T test analysis. A p- value less than 0.05 was considered significant.