National Surveillance of Legionnaires’ Disease, China, 2014–2016

We report national surveillance of Legionnaires’ disease in China. Urine samples from 11 (3.85%) of 286 patients with severe pneumonia of unknown cause were positive for the Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 antigen. We isolated Legionella strains from 7 patients. Improved diagnostic testing is nee...

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Autores principales: Qin, Tian, Ren, Hongyu, Chen, Dongke, Zhou, Haijian, Jiang, Luxi, Wu, Duorong, Shen, Jilu, Pei, Fengyan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6537748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31107214
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2506.171431

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6537748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31107214
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2506.171431

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