A Dias, A Cysneiros, F T Lopes, B von Amann, C Costa, P Dionísio, J Carvalho, V Durão, G Carvalho, F Paula, M Serrado, B Nunes, T Marques, F Froes, C Bárbara
BACKGROUND: An outbreak of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1, with 403 cases was identified on the 7th November 2014 in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal. Outbreak source was the wet cooling system of a local factory. Hospital Pulido Valente was one of the hospitals receiving patients with Legionnaires' disease (LD). METHODS: We describe the clinical findings and diagnostic methods used among the 43 confirmed or probable cases admitted to our department. RESULTS: 60...
May 2017: Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia