COVID-19 Co-infection with Legionella pneumophila in 2 Tertiary-Care Hospitals, Germany

We describe screening results for detection of co-infections with Legionella pneumophila in patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. In total, 93 patients were tested; 1 was positive (1.1%) for L. pneumophila serogroup 1. Co-infections with L. pneumophila occur in coro...

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Autores principales: Verhasselt, Hedda L., Buer, Jan, Dedy, Jutta, Ziegler, Renate, Steinmann, Joerg, Herbstreit, Frank, Brenner, Thorsten, Rath, Peter-Michael
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8084497/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33900187
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2705.203388
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author Verhasselt, Hedda L.
Buer, Jan
Dedy, Jutta
Ziegler, Renate
Steinmann, Joerg
Herbstreit, Frank
Brenner, Thorsten
Rath, Peter-Michael
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Buer, Jan
Dedy, Jutta
Ziegler, Renate
Steinmann, Joerg
Herbstreit, Frank
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description We describe screening results for detection of co-infections with Legionella pneumophila in patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. In total, 93 patients were tested; 1 was positive (1.1%) for L. pneumophila serogroup 1. Co-infections with L. pneumophila occur in coronavirus disease patients and should not be missed.
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spelling pubmed-80844972021-05-11 COVID-19 Co-infection with Legionella pneumophila in 2 Tertiary-Care Hospitals, Germany Verhasselt, Hedda L. Buer, Jan Dedy, Jutta Ziegler, Renate Steinmann, Joerg Herbstreit, Frank Brenner, Thorsten Rath, Peter-Michael Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We describe screening results for detection of co-infections with Legionella pneumophila in patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. In total, 93 patients were tested; 1 was positive (1.1%) for L. pneumophila serogroup 1. Co-infections with L. pneumophila occur in coronavirus disease patients and should not be missed. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8084497/ /pubmed/33900187 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2705.203388 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.
spellingShingle Research Letter
Verhasselt, Hedda L.
Buer, Jan
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Ziegler, Renate
Steinmann, Joerg
Herbstreit, Frank
Brenner, Thorsten
Rath, Peter-Michael
COVID-19 Co-infection with Legionella pneumophila in 2 Tertiary-Care Hospitals, Germany
title COVID-19 Co-infection with Legionella pneumophila in 2 Tertiary-Care Hospitals, Germany
title_full COVID-19 Co-infection with Legionella pneumophila in 2 Tertiary-Care Hospitals, Germany
title_fullStr COVID-19 Co-infection with Legionella pneumophila in 2 Tertiary-Care Hospitals, Germany
title_full_unstemmed COVID-19 Co-infection with Legionella pneumophila in 2 Tertiary-Care Hospitals, Germany
title_short COVID-19 Co-infection with Legionella pneumophila in 2 Tertiary-Care Hospitals, Germany
title_sort covid-19 co-infection with legionella pneumophila in 2 tertiary-care hospitals, germany
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8084497/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33900187
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2705.203388
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