TY - JOUR AU - Allam, Camille AU - Gaymard, Alexandre AU - Descours, Ghislaine AU - Ginevra, Christophe AU - Josset, Laurence AU - Bouscambert, Maud AU - Beraud, Laetitia AU - Ibranosyan, Marine AU - Golfier, Camille AU - Friggeri, Arnaud AU - Lina, Bruno AU - Campèse, Christine AU - Ader, Florence AU - Jarraud, Sophie T1 - Co-infection with Legionella and SARS-CoV-2, France, March 2020 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2021 VL - 27 IS - 11 SP - 2864 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We describe a March 2020 co-occurrence of Legionnaires’ disease (LD) and coronavirus disease in France. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 co-infections were identified in 7 of 49 patients from LD case notifications. Most were elderly men with underlying conditions who had contracted severe pneumonia, illustrating the relevance of co-infection screening. KW - coronavirus disease KW - COVID-19 KW - Legionnaires’ disease KW - Legionella KW - pneumonia KW - respiratory infections KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - viruses KW - zoonoses DO - 10.3201/eid2711.202150 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/11/20-2150_article ER - End of Reference