Legionnaires’ Disease in South Africa, 2012–2014

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Wolter, Nicole ; Carrim, Maimuna ; Cohen, Cheryl ; Tempia, Stefano ; Walaza, Sibongile ; Sahr, Philip ; de Gouveia, Linda ; Treurnicht, Florette ; Hellferscee, Orienka ; Cohen, Adam L. ; Benitez, Alvaro J. ; Dawood, Halima ; Variava, Ebrahim ; Winchell, Jonas M. ; von Gottberg, Anne
• Description:
  During June 2012-September 2014, we tested patients with severe respiratory illness for Legionella spp. infection and conducted a retrospective epidemiologic investigation. Of 1,805 patients tested, Legionella was detected in samples of 21 (1.2%); most were adults who had HIV or tuberculosis infections and were inappropriately treated for Legionella.
• Subjects:
  Child, Preschool Dispatch Female Humans Legionella Legionella Pneumophila Legionellosis Legionnaires' Disease Male Respiratory Tract Infections Retrospective Studies

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 22(1):131-133.
• Pubmed ID:
  26692504
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4696697
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  South Africa
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b8e30ea72e6d792546c0d526c1d68f93db323378770fdd4bcab1bed8ec950b90
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/37277/cdc_37277_DS1.pdf
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