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ArticleJournal of epidemiology and global health2024

Increasing Detection of Legionnaires' Disease in a Large Italian Hospital in the Period 2016-2023.

Marilena La Sorda, Flavio De Maio, Maria Scaturro, Barbara Fiori, Giulia Santarelli, Jessica Iera, Fabiola Mancini, Brunella Posteraro, Maria Luisa Ricci, Maurizio Sanguinetti

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Article in Journal of epidemiology and global health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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  1. Community-AcquiredPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Marilena La Sorda *Department of Laboratory and Infectious Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, L.go A. Gemelli 8, 00168, Rome, Italy.
Flavio De Maio *Department of Laboratory and Infectious Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, L.go A. Gemelli 8, 00168, Rome, Italy. flavio.demaio@unicatt.it.ORCID 0000-0002-4744-9820
Maria ScaturroDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Barbara FioriDepartment of Laboratory and Infectious Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, L.go A. Gemelli 8, 00168, Rome, Italy.
Giulia SantarelliDepartment of Basic Biotechnological Sciences, Intensive and Perioperative Clinics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, L.go F. Vito 1, 00168, Rome, Italy.
Jessica IeraDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Fabiola ManciniDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Brunella PosteraroDepartment of Basic Biotechnological Sciences, Intensive and Perioperative Clinics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, L.go F. Vito 1, 00168, Rome, Italy.
Maria Luisa RicciDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Maurizio SanguinettiDepartment of Laboratory and Infectious Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, L.go A. Gemelli 8, 00168, Rome, Italy.

Funding

EU funding for the MUR PNRR Extended Partnership initiative on Emerging Infectious Diseases PE00000007, INF-ACT
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pandemic marked the beginning of an era of dynamic and rapid changes in the diagnosis of respiratory infections. Herein we describe Legionnaires' disease trend in the years 2016-2023 in a large Italian hospital showing how improvements in diagnostic algorithms impact on its detection.

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Legionnaires' DiseaseAdultAgedAlgorithmsFemaleHospitalsHumansItalyLegionella pneumophilaMaleMiddle AgedDiagnostic methodsLegionella pneumophilaLegionnaires’ disease

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PMID39023717
PMCPMC11442907

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