Legionnaires’ disease in South Africa, 2012–2014
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Wolter, Nicole
Carrim, Maimuna
Cohen, Cheryl
Tempia, Stefano
Walaza, Sibongile
Sahr, Philip
De Gouveia, Linda
Treurnicht, Florette
Hellferscee, Orienka
Cohen, Adam L.
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Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
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.
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Legionella, Patients, Infection, Respiratory illness, Tuberculosis (TB), Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Legionnaires’ disease, South Africa (SA)
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Citation
Wolter, N, Carrim, M, Cohen, C, Tempia, S, Walaza, S, Sahr, P, De Gouveia, L, Treurnicht, F, Hellferscee, O, Cohen, AL, Benitez, AJ, Dawood, H, Variava, E, Winchell, JM & Von Gottberg, 2016, 'Legionnaires’ disease in South Africa, 2012–2014', Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 131-133.