PCR-based routine diagnostics uncover hidden burden of Legionnaires' disease

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Jena University Hospital, Jena 07740, Germany. Electronic address: mathias.pletz@med.uni-jena.de.
² Thoraxzentrum Ruhrgebiet, Kliniken für Pneumologie und Infektiologie, Herne und Bochum, Germany.
³ Department of Pneumology and German Center for Lung Research, Hannover Medical School, Germany.

Comment

Mathias W Pletz et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2019 Jul.

. 2019 Jul;19(7):681-683.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30171-9. Epub 2019 Jun 10.

¹ Institute for Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Jena University Hospital, Jena 07740, Germany. Electronic address: mathias.pletz@med.uni-jena.de.
² Thoraxzentrum Ruhrgebiet, Kliniken für Pneumologie und Infektiologie, Herne und Bochum, Germany.
³ Department of Pneumology and German Center for Lung Research, Hannover Medical School, Germany.

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