Validating a clinical prediction score for Legionella-related community acquired pneumonia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Legionella-related community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a disease with an increasing incidence and a high mortality rate, especially if empirical antibiotic therapy is inadequate. Antibiotic treatment highly relies on clinical symptoms, although proven non-specific, because currently available diagnostic techniques provide insufficient accuracy for detecting Legionella CAP on admission. This study validates a diagnostic scoring system for detection of Legionella-related CAP, based on six items on admission (Legionella prediction score).

Methods

We included patients with Legionella-related CAP admitted to five large Dutch hospitals between 2006 and 2016. Controls were non-Legionella-related CAP patients. The following six conditions were rewarded one point if pres

SUBMITTER: Beekman RRAL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9081661 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature