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ArticleClinical medicine insights. Circulatory, respiratory and pulmonary medicine2017

Legionnaires' Disease: Clinicoradiological Comparison of Sporadic Versus Outbreak Cases.

Hafiz Rizwan Talib Hashmi, Lakshmi Saladi, Frances Petersen, Misbahuddin Khaja, Gilda Diaz-Fuentes

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Hafiz Rizwan Talib HashmiDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, NY, USA.
Lakshmi SaladiDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, NY, USA.
Frances PetersenDepartment of Infection Control, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, NY, USA.
Misbahuddin KhajaDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, NY, USA.
Gilda Diaz-FuentesDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, NY, USA.

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Abstract

backgroundIn 2015, New York City experienced the worst outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in the history of the city. We compare patients seen during the 2015 outbreak with sporadic cases of

methodsWe conducted a retrospective chart review of 90 patients with Legionnaires' disease, including sporadic cases of

resultsWe saw no significant differences between the 2 groups regarding demographics, smoking habits, alcohol intake, underlying medical disease, or residence type. Univariate and multivariate analyses showed that patients with sporadic case of

conclusionsWe found no specific clinicoradiological characteristics that could differentiate sporadic from epidemic cases of

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atypical pneumoniaepidemicLegionellaLegionnaires’ diseaseoutbreak

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PMID28615983
PMCPMC5462493

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