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
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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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author Qin, Tian
Ren, Hongyu
Chen, Dongke
Zhou, Haijian
Jiang, Luxi
Wu, Duorong
Shen, Jilu
Pei, Fengyan
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description 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 needed for this underestimated disease in China.
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spelling pubmed-65377482019-06-05 National Surveillance of Legionnaires’ Disease, China, 2014–2016 Qin, Tian Ren, Hongyu Chen, Dongke Zhou, Haijian Jiang, Luxi Wu, Duorong Shen, Jilu Pei, Fengyan Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter 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 needed for this underestimated disease in China. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6537748/ /pubmed/31107214 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2506.171431 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Qin, Tian
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Jiang, Luxi
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Shen, Jilu
Pei, Fengyan
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title_short National Surveillance of Legionnaires’ Disease, China, 2014–2016
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6537748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31107214
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