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- Title
Legionnaires' Disease in South Africa, 2012-2014.
- Authors
Wolter, Nicole; Carrim, Maimuna; Cohen, Cheryl; Tempia, Stefano; Walaza, Sibongile; Sahr, Philip; de Gouveia, Linda; Treurnicht, Florette; Hellferscee, Orienka; Cohen, Adam L.; Benitez, Alvaro J.; Dawood, Halima; Variava, Ebrahim; Winchell, Jonas M.; von Gottberg, Anne
- 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.
- Subjects
SOUTH Africa; LEGIONNAIRES' disease; LEGIONELLA; RESPIRATORY diseases; EPIDEMIOLOGY
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016, Vol 22, Issue 1, p131
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2201.150972