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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
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Legionnaires’ Disease and Use of Tumor Necrosis Factor-Αlpha Inhibitors: A Forthcoming Problem?

Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2013
Aim: To establish a review in the current literature and to analyze the relation Legionnaires’ disease – TNF-α inhibitors, in order to estimate the real indications for such connection.Material and Methods: The electronic data for PubMed and Google Scholar have been searched, according to the vocabulary: legionellosis, epidemiology, outbreak ...
Nanovic, Zorica, Petrovska, Milena
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The typical presentation of an atypical pathogen during an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, 2014

Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia (English Edition), 2017
An outbreak of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1, with 403 cases was identified on the 7th November 2014 in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal. Outbreak source was the wet cooling system of a local factory. Hospital Pulido Valente was one of the hospitals receiving patients with Legionnaires' disease (LD).We describe the clinical findings and diagnostic ...
Dias, A., Cysneiros, A., Lopes, F. T., von Amann, B., Costa, C., Dionísio, P., Carvalho, J., Durão, V., Carvalho, G., Paula, F., Serrado, M., Nunes, B., Marques, T., Froes, F., Bárbara, C.   +14 more
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Cluster of legionnaires’ disease in an Italian prison [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Legionella pneumophila (Lp) is the most common etiologic agent causing Legionnaires’ Disease (LD). Water systems offer the best growth conditions for Lp and support its spread by producing aerosols.
Cala C., Capra G., Di Carlo P., Distefano S. A., Fasciana T., Giammanco A., Mascarella C., Palermo M., Rampulla A.   +8 more
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Legionnaires’ disease: A critical report of the pneumonia of unknown origin outbreak in Argentina

Global Biosecurity, 2022
An outbreak of pneumonia of unknown origin was identified in a health facility in Tucumán, Argentina in August 2022. Initial laboratory testing has suggested Legionella pneumophila and Legionella spp.
Evangeline Reiko Kenrick Gardiner, Adriana Notaras, Mohana Priya Kunasekaran, Ashley Quigley   +3 more
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Community-acquired Legionnaires' disease at a medical center in northern Taiwan

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2019
Background/purpose: Legionella pneumophila had been recognized as an important pathogen for community-acquired pneumonia. We aimed to investigate clinical features and outcomes of patients with Legionnaires' disease at a tertiary medical center in ...
Wei-Fang Kao, Jann-Tay Wang, Wang-Huei Sheng, Yee-Chun Chen   +3 more
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Legionnaires’ disease in the time of COVID-19

Pneumonia, 2021
Due to similarities in initial disease presentation, clinicians may be inclined to repeatedly test community-acquired pneumonia cases for COVID-19 before recognizing the need to test for Legionnaires’ disease.
Kelsie Cassell, J Lucian Davis, Ruth Berkelman   +2 more
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Probable Person-to-Person Transmission of Legionnaires’ Disease [PDF]

, 2016
Correspondence to the Editor.Legionnaires’ disease is an often severe form of pneumonia that is typically acquired by susceptible persons (e.g., elderly persons and smokers) through inhalation of aerosols that contain legionella species.1-4 A cluster of ...
Almeida, Sónia, Antunes, Delfina M., Borges, Vítor, Capucho, Rui, Correia, Ana M., Ferreira, Joana S., Gomes, Bernardo, Gomes, João Paulo, Gonçalves, Jorge, Gonçalves, Paulo, Guerreiro, Marta, Machado, Jorge, Mendes, Ana, Nunes, Alexandra, Sampaio, Daniel A., Simões, Maria João, Vieira, Luís   +16 more
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Legionella pneumonia in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada: a case series

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2016
Background Legionella pneumophila, a major cause of Legionnaires’ disease, accounts for 2–15 % of all community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization and up to 30 % of community-acquired pneumonia requiring intensive care unit admission.
Stephanie Cargnelli, Jeff Powis, Jennifer L. Y. Tsang   +2 more
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Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink? [PDF]

, 1999
Biofilms are emerging as an increasing problem as medical technology advances. Dental practice is no exception and interest in the role of biofilms within dental units as a possible source of cross-infection is intensifying. It is difficult to quantitate
Bagg, J., Burke, F.T., Hood, J., Smith, A.J.   +3 more
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