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. 2019 Jun;25(6):1218-1219.
doi: 10.3201/eid2506.171431.

National Surveillance of Legionnaires' Disease, China, 2014-2016

Tian Qin, Hongyu Ren, Dongke Chen, Haijian Zhou, Luxi Jiang, Duorong Wu, Jilu Shen, Fengyan Pei

National Surveillance of Legionnaires' Disease, China, 2014-2016

Tian Qin et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Jun.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: China; Legionella pneumophila; Legionnaires’ disease; antimicrobial susceptibility; bacteria; molecular subtyping; serogroup.

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