Community-Acquired Legionella Pneumonia in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Adult Patients: A Matched Case-Control Study

Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Aug 31;67(6):958-961. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy314.

Abstract

We investigate whether the clinical presentations and outcomes of Legionella pneumonia in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients were comparable to those seen in non-HIV-infected patients (case-control design). HIV-infected individuals presented neither a more severe disease nor a worse clinical outcome than matched HIV-negative control patients.

Publication types

  • Multicenter Study
  • Observational Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology*
  • Female
  • HIV
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • HIV Infections / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Legionella / isolation & purification
  • Legionnaires' Disease / complications*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Spain