A surge of Legionnaires' disease at a tertiary hospital in southern Taiwan, 2024: the potential diagnostic pitfall of urinary antigen testing.

IF 3.8 2区医学 Q2 IMMUNOLOGY

Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection Pub Date : 2026-09-30 DOI:10.1016/j.jmii.2026.09.011

Cong-Tat Cia, Pei-Fang Tsai, Szu-Ying Chen, Yi-Shan Dai, Po-Lin Chen, Wen-Chien Ko

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Abstract

We reported a surge of Legionnaire's disease at a tertiary hospital in Taiwan in 2024, partially attributed by falsely positive Legionella urinary antigen testing (UAT) results. Of 20 patients with positive UAT results and complete investigations, only seven (35%) had legionellosis confirmed by Legionella growth, nucleic acid detection, or seroconversion.

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2024年台湾南部某三级医院军团病激增：尿抗原检测的潜在诊断陷阱

我们报告了2024年台湾一家三级医院的军团病激增，部分原因是军团菌尿抗原检测（UAT）结果假阳性。在20例UAT结果阳性且调查完整的患者中，只有7例（35%）通过军团菌生长、核酸检测或血清转化确诊为军团菌病。

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Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection IMMUNOLOGY-INFECTIOUS DISEASES

CiteScore

15.90

自引率

5.40%

发文量

159

审稿时长

67 days

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