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

Author

Cillóniz, Catia

Miguel Escuder, Lucia

Pedro Bonet, María Luisa

Falcó, Vicenç

Lopez, Yessica

Garcia Vidal, Carolina

Gabarrús, Albert

Moreno Camacho, Ma. Asunción

Torres Martí, Antoni

Miró Meda, José M. (José María), 1956-

Publication date

2019-07-05T10:12:23Z

2019-07-05T10:12:23Z

2018-04-12

2019-07-05T10:12:23Z

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.

Document Type

Article
Accepted version

Language

English

Subjects and keywords

Pneumònia adquirida a la comunitat; Infeccions per VIH; Community-acquired pneumonia; HIV infections

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Related items

Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciy314

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2018, vol. 67, num. 6, p. 953-961

https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciy314

Rights

(c) Cillóniz, Catia et al., 2018