Legionnaires’ Disease at a Dutch Flower Show: Prognostic Factors and Impact of Therapy
| Autor: | Jacobus Prins, Ruud J. van Ketel, Wim Boersma, Jan M. Prins, Ed P. F. Yzerman, Annelies Verbon, Peter Speelman, Gerrit-Jan Weverling, Joop F. P. Schellekens, Jeroen W. Den Boer, Kamilla D. Lettinga |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Infectious diseases |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
Male medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Epidemiology intensive care units Urinary system Community acquired infections lcsh:Medicine Disease antibiotics law.invention lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases Legionella pneumophila Disease Outbreaks law Risk Factors Internal medicine Medicine Humans lcsh:RC109-216 Intensive care medicine Survival rate Aged Netherlands business.industry Mortality rate Research lcsh:R Outbreak medicine.disease Prognosis Intensive care unit Anti-Bacterial Agents Survival Rate Pneumonia Infectious Diseases Logistic Models Legionnaires' disease Female Legionnaires' Disease business Legionnaires’ disease |
| Zdroj: | Emerging Infectious Diseases Emerging infectious diseases, 8(12), 1448-1454. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 8, Iss 12, Pp 1448-1454 (2002) |
| ISSN: | 1080-6059 1080-6040 |
| Popis: | After a large outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in the Netherlands, we determined risk factors for intensive care unit (ICU) admission and death and the impact of adequate therapy on ICU-free survival among 141 hospitalized patients. Overall mortality rate was 13%, and ICU mortality rate was 36%. Smoking, temperature >38.5 degrees C, and bilateral infiltrates shown on chest x-ray were independent risk factors for ICU admission or death (all p |
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