Lack of testing for Legionella: Current recommendations for testing missed 41 percent of cases
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - 11:31
in Health & Medicine
A new study shows that guidelines concerning testing patients for possible community-acquired pneumonia due to Legionella may underestimate the number of cases being seen by clinicians. The study found that if testing was only done in patients felt to be at increased risk of Legionnaires' disease based on such guidelines, more than 40 percent of Legionella cases could be missed based on this single-center study.
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