Abstract
AbstractThe pandemic marked the beginning of an era of dynamic and rapid changes in the diagnosis of respiratory infections. Herein we describe Legionnaires’ disease trend in the years 2016–2023 in a large Italian hospital showing how improvements in diagnostic algorithms impact on its detection.
Funder
EU funding for the MUR PNRR Extended Partnership initiative on Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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