Volume 26, Number 10—October 2020
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis
Healthcare-Associated Legionnaires’ Disease, Europe, 2008−2017
Table 3
Causative pathogen of culture-confirmed, locally-acquired cases of Legionnaires’ disease, European Union–European Economic Area, 2008−2017
Species, serogroup | Community-acquired cases, no. (%) | Healthcare-associated cases, no. (%) |
---|---|---|
Legionella pneumophila | ||
1 | 3,600 (85.7) | 537 (78.5) |
2 | 22 (0.5) | 3 (0.4) |
3 | 126 (3.0) | 33 (4.8) |
4 | 15 (0.4) | 7 (1.0) |
5 | 15 (0.4) | 11 (1.6) |
6 | 52 (1.2) | 15 (2.2) |
7 | 11 (0.3) | 0 |
8 | 12 (0.3) | 2 (0.3) |
9 | 3 (0.1) | 0 |
10 | 16 (0.4) | 8 (1.2) |
11 | 0 | 0 |
12 | 1 (0.0) | 2 (0.3) |
13 | 1 (0.0) | |
14 | 1 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) |
15 | 6 (0.1) | |
Mixed | 6 (0.1) | 4 (0.6) |
Non–serogroup 1* | 15 (0.4) | 8 (1.2) |
Unknown | 169 (4.0) | 37 (5.4) |
Subtotal L. pneumophila all serogroups | 4,071 (96.9) | 668 (97.7) |
L. anisa | 4 (0.1) | 2 (0.3) |
L. bozemanii | 15 (0.4) | 2 (0.3) |
L. cincinnatiensis | 1 (0.0) | 0 |
L. dumoffii | 4 (0.1) | 2 (0.3) |
L. feeleii | 1 (0.0) | 0 |
L. longbeachae | 48 (1.1) | 0 |
L. macechernii | 2 (0.0) | 0 |
L. micdadei | 10 (0.2) | 2 (0.3) |
L. sainthelensi | 1 (0.0) | 0 |
L. wadsworthii | 0 | 1 (0.1) |
Legionella other species | 21 (0.5) | 4 (0.6) |
Subtotal L. all other species | 107 (2.5) | 13 (1.9) |
Legionella species unknown | 22 (0.5) | 3 (0.4) |
Total | 4,200 (100.0) | 684 (100.0) |
*Non–serogroup 1 refers to samples that do not belong to serogroup 1, but that do not have an identified serogroup