Introduction: Sources of infection of most cases of community-acquired Legionnaires' disease (CALD) are unknown.
Objective: Identification of sources of infection of CALD.
Setting: Berlin; December 2016-May 2019.
Importance: Adjunctive hydrocortisone therapy is suggested by the Surviving Sepsis Campaign in refractory septic shock only. The efficacy of hydrocortisone in patients with severe sepsis without shock remains controversial.
Objective: To determine whether hydrocortisone therapy in patients with severe sepsis prevents the development of septic shock.