Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2016)

Legionnaires’ Disease in South Africa, 2012–2014

  • Nicole Wolter,
  • Maimuna Carrim,
  • Stefano Tempia,
  • Cheryl Cohen,
  • Sibongile Walaza,
  • Philip Sahr,
  • Linda de Gouveia,
  • Florette K. Treurnicht,
  • Orienka Hellferscee,
  • Adam L. Cohen,
  • Alvaro J. Benitez,
  • Halima Dawood,
  • Ebrahim Variava,
  • Jonas M. Winchell,
  • Anne von Gottberg

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2201.150972
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 1
pp. 131 – 133

Abstract

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During June 2012–September 2014, we tested patients with severe respiratory illness for Legionella spp. infection and conducted a retrospective epidemiologic investigation. Of 1,805 patients tested, Legionella was detected in samples of 21 (1.2%); most were adults who had HIV or tuberculosis infections and were inappropriately treated for Legionella.

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