RESUMEN
Two hundred and twenty-six cases of legionnaires' disease who acquired infection in 1998 have been reported to the PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre. Twenty-five cases (11%) were reported to have died. One hundred and fifteen cases were associated with travel, either abroad or in the United Kingdom, three cases acquired infection in hospital, and the remaining 108 were presumed to have acquired infection in the community. Thirty-five cases were linked to industrial or community associated outbreaks in England and Wales, 22 cases to outbreaks or clusters abroad, and the remaining 169 cases (75%) were reported as single cases. The proportion of cases diagnosed by detection of urinary antigen has continued to increase; in 1998 it contributed to the diagnosis of 117 cases.
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Brotes de Enfermedades/estadística & datos numéricos , Enfermedad de los Legionarios/epidemiología , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Infecciones Comunitarias Adquiridas/epidemiología , Infección Hospitalaria/epidemiología , Inglaterra/epidemiología , Femenino , Humanos , Enfermedad de los Legionarios/diagnóstico , Enfermedad de los Legionarios/mortalidad , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Vigilancia de la Población , Viaje , Gales/epidemiologíaRESUMEN
Two hundred and twenty-six residents of England and Wales who developed legionnaires' disease with onset of infection in 1997 were reported to the PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre. Twenty-eight cases (12%) were reported to have died. Half of the reported cases (114) were associated with travel, either abroad or in the United Kingdom. Six cases acquired infection in hospital and the remaining 106 were presumed to have acquired infection in the community. Nineteen cases were linked to industrial or community associated outbreaks or clusters in England, two cases to a hospital outbreak, and 25 cases to outbreaks or clusters abroad. The remaining 180 cases (80%) were reported as single cases. The proportion of cases diagnosed by detection of urinary antigen has continued to increase. In 1997 this method of diagnosis was included for 60% of confirmed cases and in 46% of all cases.
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Brotes de Enfermedades , Legionella pneumophila , Enfermedad de los Legionarios/epidemiología , Adolescente , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Inglaterra/epidemiología , Femenino , Humanos , Legionella pneumophila/aislamiento & purificación , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Vigilancia de la Población , Viaje , Gales/epidemiologíaRESUMEN
Two hundred and one cases of legionnaires' disease were reported to the PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre in 1996. Twenty-four cases (12%) were known to have died. One hundred and one cases were associated with travel, either abroad or in the United Kingdom. Two cases acquired infection in hospital, the smallest number ever reported, and the remaining 98 were presumed to have acquired infection in the community. Fifty-five (27%) of the 201 cases were linked to outbreaks or clusters and the remaining 146 (73%) were reported as single cases. Six outbreaks were associated with industrial premises. Twenty-two of the travel associated cases were part of three travel outbreaks and six clusters. The proportion of cases diagnosed by detection of urinary antigen has continued to increase and in 1996 this method of diagnosis was used for 43% of the cases.