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Mysteriously rapid rise in Legionnaires' disease incidence correlates with declining atmospheric sulfur dioxide. [PDF]

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Yu F   +9 more
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Estimating the burden of illness caused by domestic waterborne Legionnaires' disease in Canada: 2015-2019. [PDF]

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McMullen CKM   +5 more
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Legionnaires’ Disease

Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 1980
Described here is a unique case of Legionnaires' disease in a previously healthy 46 year old man in whom disseminated disease was demonstrated in the kidneys, bone marrow, spleen and multiple peripheral lymph nodes at autopsy. The pathologic distribution of the lesions suggests that dissemination occurred by both hematogenous and lymphatic pathways ...
K N, Shands, D W, Fraser
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Legionnaires' disease

The Lancet, 2016
Since first identified in early 1977, bacteria of the genus Legionella are recognised as a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia and a rare cause of hospital-acquired pneumonia. Legionella bacteria multisystem manifestations mainly affect susceptible patients as a result of age, underlying debilitating conditions, or immunosuppression.
Burke A, Cunha   +2 more
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Legionnaires’ disease

Nursing Standard, 2003
This article describes the environmental sources and transmission of Legionella pneumophila, outlines the factors that place certain groups of patients at particular risk, documents a number of outbreaks of legionellosis that have received media attention and explains the most important preventative strategies currently employed in the UK. Implications
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Legionnaires' Disease and the Traveller

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1979
Respiratory illness occurred in members of a "package tour" to Benidorm, Spain, in 1973. Three of the tourists died with similar pneumonic illnesses, and 86 other travellers who had stayed at the same hotel also had respiratory illnesses. After the organism associated with the epidemic of Legionnaires' disease in Philadelphia 3 years later was ...
N R, Grist, D, Reid, R, Najera
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Legionnaire's Disease and Influenza

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2017
Legionella pneumophila and influenza types A and B viruses can cause either community-acquired pneumonia with respiratory failure, or Legionella infection could attribute to influenza infection with potentially fatal prognosis. Copathogenesis between pandemic influenza and bacteria is characterized by complex interactions between coinfecting pathogens ...
Eleni E, Magira, Sryros, Zakynthinos
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Legionnaires’ disease in France

Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses, 2015
The aim of this review was to describe the current knowledge of Legionnaires' disease (LD) illustrated by the epidemiological situation in France in 2013. LD is a severe pneumonia commonly caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1. The diagnosis is usually based on the urinary antigen test.
C, Campèse   +6 more
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