Severe pneumonia due to Legionella and SARS-CoV-2 co-infection necessitating medical evacuation from a cargo ship

J Travel Med. 2023 Sep 5;30(5):taad067. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taad067.

Shiori Kitaya^{1

2}, Hiroaki Baba^{1

3}, Michiko Okamoto⁴, Masahiro Sakamoto⁴, Asami Nakayama⁵, Yumiko Takei¹, Issei Seike¹, Kentarou Takei^{1

3}, Kengo Oshima^{1

3}, Koichi Tokuda^{1

3}, Takuya Shiga⁶, Hajime Kanamori^{1

3}

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan.
² Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan.
³ Department of Intelligent Network for Infection Control, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan.
⁴ Department of Virology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575, Japan.
⁵ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan.
⁶ Intensive Care Unit, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan.

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Keywords: Legionella; SARS-CoV-2; cargo ships; co-infection; medical evacuation.

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