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Volume 26, Number 10—October 2020
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Healthcare-Associated Legionnaires’ Disease, Europe, 2008−2017

Julien BeautéComments to Author , Diamantis Plachouras, Sven Sandin, Johan Giesecke, and Pär Sparén
Author affiliations: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden (J. Beauté, D. Plachouras); Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm (J. Beauté, S. Sandin, J. Giesecke, P. Sparén); Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA (S. Sandin); Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment at Mount Sinai, New York (S. Sandin)

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Table 5

Characteristics of locally acquired cases of Legionnaires' disease and adjusted predictors of death, European Union–European Economic Area, 2008−2017*

Characteristic Survival, no. (%) Death, no. (%) Univariate logistic regression, OR (95% CI) Multivariable logistic regression, OR (95% CI)†
Total
 28,931 (100.0)
 3,448 (100.0)
Sex
M 20,653 (71.6) 2,318 (67.4) 0.82 (0.76–0.89) 1.11 (1.02–1.21)
F 8,197 (28.4) 1,119 (32.6) Referent Referent
Unknown
 81
 11
 Not included
 Not included
Age at diagnosis, y
<20 156 (0.5) 13 (0.4) 1.39 (0.78–2.47) 0.87 (0.44–1.72)
20–29 517 (1.8) 12 (0.3) 0.39 (0.22–0.69) 0.38 (0.21–0.68)
30–39 1,581 (5.5) 63 (1.8) 0.66 (0.51–0.87) 0.68 (0.52–0.89)
40–49 4,097 (14.2) 177 (5.1) 0.72 (0.60–0.86) 0.71 (0.59–0.86)
50–59 6,706 (23.2) 402 (11.7) Referent Referent
60–69 6,264 (21.7) 613 (17.8) 1.63 (1.43–1.86) 1.55 (1.35–1.76)
70–79 5,282 (18.3) 872 (25.3) 2.75 (2.43–3.12) 2.53 (2.23–2.87)
≥80 4,305 (14.9) 1,292 (37.5) 5.01 (4.45–5.64) 4.36 (3.85–4.93)
Unknown
 23
 4
 Not included
 Not included
Setting of infection
Community 26,630 (92.0) 2,518 (73.0) Referent Referent
Hospital 1,534 (5.3) 631 (18.3) 4.35 (3.93–4.81) 3.50 (3.14–3.91)
Other healthcare facility 767 (2.7) 299 (8.7) 4.12 (3.59–4.74) 2.26 (1.94–2.63)

*OR, odds ratio.
†Adjusted for year and reporting country.

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