Incidence and Prognostic Factors for Legionnaires' Disease in Denmark 1993–2006
Table 4
Distribution of species, serogroups, and subgroups for different exposure categories and case fatality ratio by infecting species/serogroup. Culture positive, notified cases, .
Species
All cases
Travel associated
Nosocomial
Deaths
Legionella pneumophila
403 (96%)
97 (98%)
71 (93%)
118 (29%)
Serogroup 11
253 (60%)
85 (86%)
28 (37%)
60 (24%)
Olda/Oxford (n-P)
61 (15%)
6 (6.1%)
21 (28%)
16 (26%)
Benidorm (P)
63 (15%)
30 (30%)
0
11 (17%)
Philadelphia (P)
56 (13%)
26 (26%)
3 (3.9%)
10 (18%)
Knoxville (P)
39 (9%)
15 (15%)
0
12 (31%)
Bellingham (n-P)
20 (5%)
1 (1.0%)
4 (5.3%)
8 (40%)
Allentown/France (P)
12 (3%)
6 (6.1%)
0
2 (17%)
Subgroup unknown
2 (0.5%)
1 (1%)
0
1 (50%)
Serogroup 2
2 (0.5%)
1 (1%)
0
1 (50%)
Serogroup 32
95 (23%)
7 (7.1%)
21 (28%)
34 (36%)
Serogroup 4
7 (1.7%)
0
2 (2.6%)
4 (57%)
Serogroup 5
7 (1.7%)
0
5 (6.6%)
3 (43%)
Serogroup 6
20 (5%)
4 (4%)
7 (9.2%)
11 (55%)
Serogroup 8
1 (0.2%)
0
0
Serogroup 10
8 (1.9%)
0
4 (5.3%)
3 (38%)
Serogroup 12
3 (0.7%)
0
2 (2.6%)
1 (33%)
Serogroup 14
1 (0.2%)
0
0
0
Serogroup 15
5 (1.1%)
0
2 (2.6%)
1 (20%)
Serogroup unknown
1 (0.2%)
0
0
0
Legionella bozemanii
4 (1.0%)
2 (2%)
0
3 (75%)
Legionella dumoffii
2 (0.5%)
0
0
0
Legionella longbeachae
3 (0.7%)
0
0
0
Legionella micdadei
7 (1.7%)
0
5 (6.6%)
3 (43%)
Total
419 (100%)
99 (100%)
76 (100%)
124 (30%)
1n-P: Non-Pontiac subgroups not reactive with MAb 3/1 of the Dresden panel and P: Pontiac subgroups reactive with MAb 3/1 of the Dresden panel.
2Few (<5) cases in this group could belong to nonidentified serogroups.
