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Severe Legionnaires’ disease [PDF]
Annals of Intensive CareBackground Legionnaires’ disease (LD) is a common but under-diagnosed cause of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), although rapid detection of urine antigen testing (UAT) and advances in molecular testing have improved the diagnosis. LD entails intensive
Jordi Rello +3 more
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Mediterranean Journal of Infection, Microbes and Antimicrobials, 2018 Legionnaires’ disease is a severe form of pneumonia caused by Legionella species which are ubiquitous in both natural and man-made environments. It causes high morbidity and case fatality rates.
Haluk Erdoğan
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Case report: The value of early application of mNGS technology in the diagnosis and treatment of severe Legionnaires’ disease: reports of two cases with different outcomes [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineBackgroundLegionnaires’ disease has a high clinical mortality rate, and early diagnosis and treatment are critical. Increasing evidence shows that metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) has excellent potential for the early identification of ...
Jianqing Fang +7 more
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Physicians’ degree of awareness regarding the risks, clinical practices, and management challenges of nosocomial legionnaires’ disease: A cross-sectional study from two Ethiopian hospitals [PDF]
SAGE Open MedicineObjectives: Legionella pneumophila is a waterborne bacterium known to cause Legionnaires’ disease, a severe form of pneumonia particularly affecting older and immune compromised individuals.
Etsub Brhanesilassie Hailemichael +5 more
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Legionnaires' disease on azithromycin leading to lofty liver levels [PDF]
IDCasesLegionnaires' disease is a serious, life-threatening pneumonia caused by the bacterium Legionella pneumophila. Legionella is a gram-negative bacillus transmitted via inhalation of water droplets, usually from air conditioners or hot tubs.
Sagar Modh +6 more
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A case of Legionnaires’ disease with severe rhabdomyolysis misdiagnosed as COVID-19 [PDF]
Heliyon, 2022 Background: COVID-19 case numbers have begun to rise with the recently reported Omicron variant. In the last two years, COVID-19 is the first diagnosis that comes to mind when a patient is admitted with respiratory symptoms and pulmonary ground-glass ...
Basak Sayinalp-Arslan +5 more
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A community outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease caused by outdoor hot tubs for private use in a hotel [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 During the period October–November 2017, an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease involving 27 cases occurred in the tourist area of Palmanova (Mallorca, Spain).
Mercedes Gumá +9 more
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BMJ, 1978 Description of a new infectious disease is now a rare event. When such a disease is discovered and when it is of relatively common occurrence, it justifiably generates both excitement and interest within the medical profession. Legionnaire's disease was not only newly recognized in 1976, it also presented on the medical horizon in a dramatic fashion ...
J C, Reed, R, McLelland, P, Nelson
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Swiss Medical Weekly, 2022 BACKGROUND: The number of reported cases of Legionnaires' disease has increased significantly over the last decade in Switzerland and abroad. Along with the number of cases, the volume of testing has increased as well, which has been partially ...
Fabienne B. Fischer +2 more
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Legionnaires disease: history of the discovery, the main stages of the study pathogen and infection
Терапевтический архив, 2022 The article discusses main directions and stages of the 45 years of Legionnaires disease study. Analysis of epidemiology and laboratory diagnostics of infection show as unknown until 1976 microorganism occupied a notable niche in the etiology of severe ...
Igor S. Tartakovsky, Viktor V. Maleev
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