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Seasonal Dynamics and Legionellosis-Associated Hospitalization in Spain: A Retrospective Study [PDF]

Pathogens
Legionellosis is a serious respiratory disease with a high mortality rate, particularly if it is untreated or occurs in the immunocompromised. Legionellosis must be reported in the Spanish Epidemiological Surveillance System.
Enrique Gea-Izquierdo, Rossana Ruiz-Urbaez, Valentín Hernández-Barrera, Ángel Gil-de-Miguel   +3 more
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Legionellosis-Associated Hospitalization in Spain from 2002 to 2021 [PDF]

Microorganisms, 2023
Legionellosis is a respiratory disease of bacterial and environmental origin that usually presents two distinct clinical entities, “Legionnaires’ disease” (LD) and “Pontiac fever”. LD is an important cause of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP).
Enrique Gea-Izquierdo, Ruth Gil-Prieto, Valentín Hernández-Barrera, Gil Rodríguez-Caravaca, Ángel Gil-de-Miguel   +4 more
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Genomic Investigation of a Legionellosis Outbreak in a Persistently Colonized Hotel [PDF]

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016
Objectives: A long-lasting legionellosis outbreak was reported between November 2011 and July 2012 in a hotel in Calpe (Spain) affecting 44 patients including six deaths.
Leonor Sánchez-Busó
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Cluster of Legionellosis Cases Associated with Manufacturing Process, South Carolina, USA, 2022 [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Evolving technology and the development of new devices that can aerosolize water present a risk for new sources of Legionella bacteria growth and spread within industrial settings.
Hani M. Mohamed, Lindsay Zielinski, Abdoulaye Diedhiou, Nakia Clemmons, Jessica C. Smith, Jessica L. Rinsky, Troy Ritter, Melisa Willby, Nancy Burton, Karl Feldmann, Kevin Dunn, Rebecca Whisenhunt, Victoria Greer, Alberto M. Acosta, Mitchell Garber, Claressa E. Lucas, Kelley C. Henderson, Chris Edens, Linda Bell   +18 more
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Characterization of reported legionellosis outbreaks associated with buildings served by public drinking water systems: United States, 2001–2017

Journal of Water and Health, 2022
This study examined 184 legionellosis outbreaks in the United States reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Waterborne Disease and Outbreak Surveillance System, from 2001 to 2017.
Hannah Holsinger, Nicole Tucker, Stig Regli, Kirsten Studer, Virginia A. Roberts, Sarah Collier, Elizabeth Hannapel, Chris Edens, Jonathan S. Yoder, Kenneth Rotert   +9 more
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Environmental Investigation during Legionellosis Outbreak, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada, 2021

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
In August 2021, a legionellosis outbreak involving 7 persons occurred within a 500-meter radius in the Montérégie region of Québec, Canada. Near real-time modeling of wind direction along with epidemiologic and environmental investigations identified ...
Laura Atikessé, Nabila Kadaoui, Vincent Lavallée, Éric Levac, Marie St-Amour, François Milord   +5 more
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Polish Adults’ Knowledge, Perceptions and Attitudes Concerning Legionellosis

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2023
Despite the growing prevalence of legionellosis in Poland and worldwide, little is known about the extent of public awareness regarding the seriousness of this disease and the appropriate preventive measures.
Naeem Shalan, Zuzanna Laszuk, Irena Kosinska, Krzysztof Kanecki, Mohd. Alaraj   +4 more
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Legionella pneumophila Risk from Air–Water Cooling Units Regarding Pipe Material and Type of Water

Microorganisms, 2023
Legionellosis is a respiratory disease related to environmental health. There have been manifold studies of pipe materials, risk installations and legionellosis without considering the type of transferred water.
Enrique Gea-Izquierdo, Ángel Gil-de-Miguel, Gil Rodríguez-Caravaca   +2 more
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New Insight regarding Legionella Non-Pneumophila Species Identification: Comparison between the Traditional mip Gene Classification Scheme and a Newly Proposed Scheme Targeting the rpoB Gene

Microbiology Spectrum, 2021
The identification of Legionella non-pneumophila species (non-Lp) in clinical and environmental samples is based on the mip gene, although several studies suggest its limitations and the need to expand the classification scheme to include other genes. In
Maria Rosaria Pascale, Silvano Salaris, Marta Mazzotta, Luna Girolamini, Giulia Fregni Serpini, Laura Manni, Antonella Grottola, Sandra Cristino   +7 more
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The impact of legionellosis into fatal outcomes of pneumonia in Irkutsk

Фундаментальная и клиническая медицина, 2021
Aim. To study the diagnosis of legionellosis in patients who died because of pneumonia in Irkutsk (2016-2018).Materials and Methods. We performed 65 autopsies of patients who died from pneumonia in Irkutsk (2016-2018), studied their case histories, and ...
A. D. Botvinkin, V. V. Svistunov, E. A. Sidorova, A. E. Makarova, N. A. Kravchenko, L. A. Stepanenko, T. A. Bayanova, M. V. Lemeshevskaya, T. P. Balandina, O. S. Gibteva, E. I. Andaev, S. V. Balakhonov   +11 more
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