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. 2016 Jan;22(1):131-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid2201.150972.

Legionnaires' Disease in South Africa, 2012-2014

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

Legionnaires' Disease in South Africa, 2012-2014

Nicole Wolter et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Jan.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Legionella spp.; Legionellosis; Legionnaires’ disease; South Africa; bacteria; legionella; pneumonia; respiratory infections.

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Figure 1
Number of case-patients and detection rate for Legionella spp. infections, by age group, South Africa, June 2012–September 2014 (N = 1,803).
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Figure 2
Number of case-patients and detection rate of Legionella spp. infections, by month and year, for Edendale Hospital and Klerksdorp-Tshepong Hospital Complex, South Africa, June 2012–September 2014 (N = 1,805). \
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