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Пандемия COVID-19 в 2020 году внесла свой вклад в эпидемиологию респираторных инфекций. Важным является своевременное проведение дифференциальной диагностики COVID-19 и сезонных острых респираторных заболеваний. У пациентов с новой коронавирусной инфекцией возрастает риск развития госпитальной пневмонии. Актуальным является анализ особенностей циркуляции резистентных к антибактериальным химиопрепаратам штаммов возбудителей внутрибольничных инфекций.Цель – изучение этиологической структуры внебольничных пневмоний в период эпидемического распространения COVID-19 и оценка рисков возникновения пневмоний, связанных с оказанием медицинской помощи.Материалы и методы. Исследовали биологический материал от 446 пациентов с диагнозом «внебольничная пневмония», находившихся на амбулаторном лечении или в стационарах г. Ростова-на-Дону. Верификация респираторных вирусов, включая РНК SARS-CoV-2, а также M. pneumoniae, C. pneumoniae, L. pneumophila выполнена методом полимеразной цепной реакции в мазках носоглотки. Бактериологический анализ мокроты проводили с использованием дифференциально-диагностических сред, идентификацию выделенных патогенов осуществляли с помощью времяпролетной масс-спектрометрии на приборе Autoflex (Bruker Daltonics) c программным обеспечением BioTyper 3,0. Результаты и обсуждение. В период распространения новой коронавирусной инфекции в Ростовской области доля положительных результатов на SARS-CoV-2 среди пациентов с диагнозом «внебольничная пневмония» составляет 35,6 %. Частота микст-инфекций вирусной природы достоверно не отличалась среди пациентов с лабораторно подтвержденным диагнозом COVID-19 и пациентов с отрицательным результатом на SARS-CoV-2 (25,9 и 26,2 % соответственно). В структуре микробиоты пневмоний, не обусловленных SARS-CoV-2, превалировали грибы рода Candida и плазмокоагулирущие стафилококки. Достоверно чаще от пациентов с лабораторно подтвержденным COVID-19 изолировали культуры неферментирующих грамотрицательных бактерий. У 51,6 % пациентов, проходивших лечение в стационаре, отмечено вторичное коинфицирование, вероятно, связанное с объектами внешней среды или с передачей инфекции от персонала. Передача ИСМП между пациентами не установлена.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Introduction. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to the epidemiology of respiratory tract infections. The importance of timely differential diagnosis of COVID-19 and seasonal acute respiratory diseases is hard to overestimate. Patients with the novel coronavirus disease are at risk of developing hospital-acquired pneumonia. The analysis of specific features of circulation of various strains of pathogens of nosocomial infections resistant to antibacterial chemotherapeutic agents is relevant. Our objective was to study the etiological structure of community-acquired pneumonia during the epidemic spread of COVID-19 and to assess risks of developing healthcare-associated pneumonia.Materials and methods. Biological specimens from 446 inpatients and outpatients diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia in the city of Rostov-on-Don were tested. Verification of respiratory viruses, including RNA of SARS-CoV-2, M. pneumoniae, C. pneumoniae, and L. pneumophila, was performed by polymerase chain reaction in nasopharyngeal swab specimens. Bacteriological analysis of sputum was carried out using differential diagnostic media, and isolated pathogens were then identified by time-of-flight mass spectrometry on an Autoflex instrument (Bruker Daltonics GmbH, Germany) using the MALDI BioTyperR 3.0 software.Results and discussion. In December 2020, the proportion of SARS-CoV-2 positive test results among patients diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia was 35.6 %. The frequency of mixed viral infections in patients with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 was not significantly different from that in patients tested negative (25.9 % and 26.2 %, respectively). The microbiota in pneumonia unrelated to SARS-CoV-2 was dominated by Candida fungi and plasma-coagulating staphylococci while cultures of non-fermenting gram-negative bacteria were significantly more often isolated from COVID-19 cases. Secondary infection presumably induced by environmental contamination or disease transmission from healthcare personnel was registered in 51.6 % of inpatients. Transmission of nosocomial infections between patients was not observed.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>COVID-19</kwd><kwd>внебольничная пневмония</kwd><kwd>нозокомиальные инфекции</kwd><kwd>виды бактерий</kwd><kwd>респираторные вирусы</kwd><kwd>Ростовская область</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>COVID-19</kwd><kwd>community-acquired pneumonia</kwd><kwd>nosocomial infections</kwd><kwd>bacterial species</kwd><kwd>respiratory viruses</kwd><kwd>Rostov Region</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Baiou A, Elbuzidi AA., Bakdach D, et al. 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