Increasing Detection of Legionnaires’ Disease in a Large Italian Hospital in the Period 2016–2023

Abstract

Abstract The pandemic marked the beginning of an era of dynamic and rapid changes in the diagnosis of respiratory infections. Herein we describe Legionnaires’ disease trend in the years 2016–2023 in a large Italian hospital showing how improvements in diagnostic algorithms impact on its detection.

Keywords

• Legionnaires’ disease
• Legionella pneumophila
• Diagnostic methods