Co-infection with Legionella and SARS-CoV-2, France, March 2020

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Allam, Camille ; Gaymard, Alexandre ; Descours, Ghislaine ; Ginevra, Christophe ; Josset, Laurence ; Bouscambert, Maud ; Beraud, Laetitia ; Ibranosyan, Marine ; Golfier, Camille ; Friggeri, Arnaud ; Lina, Bruno ; Campèse, Christine ; Ader, Florence ; Jarraud, Sophie
• Corporate Authors:
  COVID-19 diagnosis HCL consortium1
• Description:
  We describe a March 2020 co-occurrence of Legionnaires' disease (LD) and coronavirus disease in France. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 co-infections were identified in 7 of 49 patients from LD case notifications. Most were elderly men with underlying conditions who had contracted severe pneumonia, illustrating the relevance of co-infection screening.
• Subjects:
  Aged Coinfection Coronavirus Infections Covid-19 Humans Male Sars-Cov-2
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 27(11):2864-2868
• Pubmed ID:
  34469708
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8544966
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  France
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9c30639f9ded5193c14b0a02e13bb48980d15902b5c31b4b8bcc1a4ffa38b1f2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/111417/cdc_111417_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.52 MB ]