Increased risk of Legionella pneumonia as community-acquired pneumonia after heavy rainfall in 2018 in west Japan

Community-Acquired Legionella pneumophila Pneumonia

Legionella pneumophila has been increasingly recognized as a cause of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and an important public health problem worldwide. We conducted the present study to assess trends in epidemiology, diagnosis, clinical features, treatment, and outcomes of sporadic community-acquired L. pneumophila pneumonia requiring hospitalization at a university hospital over a 15-year p...

Legionella species community-acquired pneumonia.

Community-acquired Legionella pneumonia: new insights from the German competence network for community acquired pneumonia.

BACKGROUND The Competence Network for Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAPNETZ) offers a unique opportunity to study the epidemiology of legionellosis throughout Germany, applying sophisticated diagnostic tools. METHODS The incidence, clinical characteristics, and outcome of Legionella pneumonia in 2503 adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia, participating in the German Multicenter Stu...

Sero diagnosis of Legionella infection in community acquired pneumonia.

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Legionella pneumophila has been increasingly recognized as an emerging pathogen responsible for community acquired pneumonia (CAP) worldwide. In India, the actual burden is not known. The present study was thus undertaken to see the presence of Legionella infection in patients with community acquired pneumonia admitted in a tertiary care centre in north India. METHODS ...

Community-acquired legionella pneumonia in elderly patients: characteristics and outcome.

OBJECTIVES To compare the risk factors, clinical and laboratory features, and outcome of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) caused by Legionella pneumophila in elderly (aged > or =65) and younger patients. DESIGN Prospective enrollment of subjects with retrospective data analysis. SETTING A 630-bed tertiary center in Badalona (Barcelona), Spain. PARTICIPANTS A total of 158 patients diagno...