ArticleClinical medicine (London, England)2013
Legionella pneumonia cases over a five-year period: a descriptive, retrospective study of outcomes in a UK district hospital.
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- Legionella pneumophila pneumonia in South Eastern Sydney: diagnosis, prognosis and public health outcomes.Internal medicine journal · 2026Article
- Atypical pneumonia (Review).Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2024Review
- Legionnaires' Disease: Update on Diagnosis and Treatment.Infectious diseases and therapy · 2022Review
- Health after Legionnaires' disease: A description of hospitalizations up to 5 years after Legionella pneumonia.PloS one · 2021Article
- Pneumococcal and Legionella Urinary Antigen Tests in Community-acquired Pneumonia: Prospective Evaluation of Indications for Testing.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2019Article
- Diagnosing Viral and Atypical Pathogens in the Setting of Community-Acquired Pneumonia.Clinics in chest medicine · 2017Review
- Problem of immunoglobulin M co-detection in serological response to bacterial and viral respiratory pathogens among children suspected of legionellosis.Central-European journal of immunology · 2015Article
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Abstract
As the recent outbreaks in Edinburgh and Camarthen, UK, have shown, Legionella pneumonia (LP) remains a significant public health problem, which is not only confined to those who have travelled abroad. In both outbreaks and sporadic cases, diagnosis can go unrecognised. We reviewed the demographics, comorbidities, diagnosis, treatment and clinical outcome of LP cases over five years in a district general hospital in northwest England. Over half of LP cases were UK acquired and 'classic' clinical features were common. Clinical criteria for diagnosing LP were confirmed, but few sputum samples were sent to reference laboratories, limiting further essential epidemiological mapping of UK cases. Following current UK community-acquired pneumonia guidance would have missed nearly one quarter of LP cases in our series, potentially leading to further morbidity and mortality.
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