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Status and potential of bacterial genomics for public health practice : a scoping review [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is increasingly being translated into routine public health practice, affecting the surveillance and control of many pathogens.
Boon, Nele AM, Descamps, Tine, Devleesschauwer, Brecht, Robert, Annie, Roosens, Nancy HC, Van Goethem, Nina, Van Oyen, Herman   +6 more
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Multistate analysis of prospective Legionnaires' disease cluster detection using SaTScan, 2011-2015.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Detection of clusters of Legionnaires' disease, a leading waterborne cause of pneumonia, is challenging. Clusters vary in size and scope, are associated with a diverse range of aerosol-producing devices, including exposures such as whirlpool spas and ...
Chris Edens, Nisha B Alden, Richard N Danila, Mary-Margaret A Fill, Paul Gacek, Alison Muse, Erin Parker, Tasha Poissant, Patricia A Ryan, Chad Smelser, Melissa Tobin-D'Angelo, Stephanie J Schrag   +11 more
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Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak on a Merchant Vessel, Indian Ocean, Australia, 2015

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
Two cases of Legionnaires’ disease and 1 of Pontiac fever occurred among the crew of a merchant ship operating off the shores of Australia. PCR assays identified potential sources in the ship’s cabins.
Timothy J.J. Inglis, Chantal Spittle, Hilary Carmichael, Jaala Downes, Marilina Chiari, Adrian McQueen-Mason, Adam J. Merritt, Meredith Hodge, Ronan J. Murray, Gary K. Dowse   +9 more
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Acute Pneumonia Caused by Clinically Isolated Legionella pneumophila Sg 1, ST 62: Host Responses and Pathologies in Mice

Microorganisms, 2022
Legionnaires’ disease is a severe form of lung infection caused by bacteria belonging to the genus Legionella. The disease severity depends on both host immunity and L. pneumophila virulence.
Jiří Trousil, Lucia Frgelecová, Pavla Kubíčková, Kristína Řeháková, Vladimír Drašar, Jana Matějková, Petr Štěpánek, Oto Pavliš   +7 more
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Hyponatremia and anti-diuretic hormone in Legionnaires’ disease [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Medical textbooks often list Legionnaires’ disease as a differential diagnosis of the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) (SIADH), but evidence supporting this association is largely lacking.
Beat Mueller, Mirjam Christ-Crain, null null, Philipp Schuetz, Sebastian Haubitz, Werner C Albrich, Werner Zimmerli   +6 more
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Long-term impacts of Legionnaires’ disease on health and wellbeing: rationale, study design and baseline findings of a matched cohort study (LongLEGIO)

Swiss Medical Weekly
BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS: Is there a post-acute infection syndrome for Legionnaires’ disease? Legionnaires’ disease is a form of primarily community-acquired pneumonia caused by Legionella spp. bacteria.
Melina Bigler, Malina Vaucher, Manuel Wiederkehr, Sophia Brülisauer, Werner C. Albrich, Sarah Dräger, Valentin Gisler, Isabel Akers, Daniel Mäusezahl   +8 more
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Legionnaires' Disease - Results of a Multicenter Canadian Study

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2003
BACKGROUND: There has never been a cross-Canada surveillance project to determine the rate of Legionella species as a cause of community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization and to determine whether there are any regional differences in the rates
Thomas J Marrie, Emidio de Carolis, Victor L Yu, Janet Stout, the Canadian Community-Acquired Pneumonia Investigators   +4 more
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Risk Factors for Legionella longbeachae Legionnaires’ Disease, New Zealand

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017
Legionella longbeachae, found in soil and compost-derived products, is a globally underdiagnosed cause of Legionnaires’ disease. We conducted a case–control study of L. longbeachae Legionnaires’ disease in Canterbury, New Zealand.
Emma Kenagy, Patricia C. Priest, Claire M. Cameron, Debbie Smith, Pippa Scott, Vicki Cho, Peter Mitchell, David R. Murdoch   +7 more
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Occupational risk for Legionella infection among dental healthcare workers: meta-analysis in occupational epidemiology [PDF]

, 2017
Objective The occupational risk for Legionella infection among dental healthcare workers (DHCWs) is conjectured because of the risk of routine inhalation of potentially contaminated aerosols produced by the dental instruments.
Petti, Stefano, Vitali, Matteo
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Clusters of Healthcare-Associated Legionnaires’ Disease in Two Hospitals of Central Greece

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2018
Healthcare-associated Legionnaires’ disease often leads to fatal respiratory tract infection among hospitalized patients. In this report, three cases of Legionnaires’ disease among patients in two different hospitals (Hospital A and Hospital B) were ...
Maria A. Kyritsi, Varvara A. Mouchtouri, Anna Katsiafliaka, Foteini Kolokythopoulou, Elias Plakokefalos, Vasileios Nakoulas, George Rachiotis, Christos Hadjichristodoulou   +7 more
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