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Legionnaires' disease following lake swimming in Iowa. [PDF]

CMAJ
Bryson A, Shepertycky M, Wuerz T, Lagacé-Wiens P.   +3 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Legionnaire's Disease [PDF]

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1978
Description of a new infectious disease is now a rare event. When such a disease is discovered and when it is of relatively common occurrence, it justifiably generates both excitement and interest within the medical profession. Legionnaire's disease was not only newly recognized in 1976, it also presented on the medical horizon in a dramatic fashion ...
J C, Reed, R, McLelland, P, Nelson
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A Lethal Combination: Legionnaires' Disease Complicated by Rhabdomyolysis, Acute Kidney Injury, and Non-Occlusive Mesenteric Ischemia. [PDF]

Am J Case Rep, 2023
Fujisawa Y, Miyanaga T, Takeji A, Shirota Y, Ueda Y.   +4 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

The Development of Neurological Damage in a Patient With Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura and Legionnaires' Disease: A Case Report. [PDF]

Cureus, 2023
Chen V, Gulia K, How-Volkman C, Geraghty JJ, Lui F.   +4 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Legionnaires' disease – a qualitative study on Swiss physicians' approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of community-acquired pneumonia

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2022
BACKGROUND: The number of reported cases of Legionnaires' disease has increased significantly over the last decade in Switzerland and abroad. Along with the number of cases, the volume of testing has increased as well, which has been partially ...
Fabienne B. Fischer, Michael J. Deml, Daniel Mäusezahl   +2 more
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Legionnaires disease: history of the discovery, the main stages of the study pathogen and infection

Терапевтический архив, 2022
The article discusses main directions and stages of the 45 years of Legionnaires disease study. Analysis of epidemiology and laboratory diagnostics of infection show as unknown until 1976 microorganism occupied a notable niche in the etiology of severe ...
Igor S. Tartakovsky, Viktor V. Maleev
doaj   +1 more source

Exposure to potting soils and compost material as potential sources of Legionella pneumophilia in Australia

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2020
Legionnaires' disease is a form of atypical community-acquired pneumonia usually caused by Legionella pneumophilia, which is typically associated with exposure to tower cooling or water systems. In Australia, Legionnaires’ disease is more commonly caused
Chee H. Loh, Rajeev Soni
doaj   +1 more source

A case of Legionnaires’ disease with severe rhabdomyolysis misdiagnosed as COVID-19

Heliyon, 2022
Background: COVID-19 case numbers have begun to rise with the recently reported Omicron variant. In the last two years, COVID-19 is the first diagnosis that comes to mind when a patient is admitted with respiratory symptoms and pulmonary ground-glass ...
Basak Sayinalp-Arslan, Ahmet Gorkem Er, Mehmet Yildirim, Banu Kilicaslan, Seda Banu Akinci, Omrum Uzun   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Infection of cultured human endothelial cells by Legionella pneumophila. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2008
Legionella pneumophila is a gram-negative pathogen that causes a severe pneumonia known as Legionnaires' disease. Here, we demonstrate for the first time that L. pneumophila infects and grows within cultured human endothelial cells. Endothelial infection
Lucius Chiaraviglio, Daniel A Brown, James E Kirby   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Public health and economic costs of investigating a suspected outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. [PDF]

, 2007
This paper provides one of the first assessments of the burden of both the public health investigation and the economic costs associated with an apparent outbreak of Legionnaires' disease (LD) in South East London.
Harrison, TG, Heathcock, R, Joseph, CA, Lee, JV, Lock, K, Millett, C, Outbreak Control Team, Rao, G, Surman-Lee, S   +8 more
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