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Epidemiology of Legionnaires’ Disease, Hong Kong, China, 2005−2015
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Aug 2020
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Source: Emerg Infect Dis. 26(8):1695-1702
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Alternative Title:Emerg Infect Dis
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Description:We reviewed findings of clinical, epidemiologic, and environmental investigations for 288 confirmed case-patients with Legionnaires' disease reported in Hong Kong, China, during January 2005-December 2015. We found that chronic renal failure/impairment (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 4.09), chronic pulmonary diseases (aOR 3.22), malignancy (aOR 3.04), and heart diseases (aOR 2.15) were independently associated with a higher risk for severe Legionnaires' disease. However, patients with hyperlipidemia had a lower risk for severe outcome (aOR 0.17). Legionella positivity rate was 22% for 1,904 water samples collected. We found a higher positivity rate in summer months (28%-30%), which corroborated with months of highest rainfalls. Our novel finding that Legionnaires' disease patients with hyperlipidemia had a lower risk for severe outcome deserves further study to confirm the observation and ascertain the underlying reason.
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Pubmed ID:32687025
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC7392469
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Volume:26
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Issue:8
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