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Evaluation of the national surveillance of Legionnaires' disease in Norway, 2008-2017

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background In Norway, Legionnaires’ disease is reportable upon clinical suspicion to public health authorities and mandatorily notifiable through the Norwegian surveillance system for communicable diseases (MSIS) for both clinicians and laboratories.
Cecilia Wolff, Heidi Lange, Siri Feruglio, Line Vold, Emily MacDonald   +4 more
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Established association of legionella with rhabdomyolysis and renal failure: A review of the literature

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2019
Legionella causes 2–15% of community acquired pneumonia cases that require hospitalization and it is the second most common cause of serious pneumonia that needs admission in an intensive care unit.
Aayesha J. Soni, Alan Peter
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A community outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Geneva, Switzerland, June to September 2017

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2018
PURPOSE Eight confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease were identified at the Geneva University Hospitals between 28 July 2017 and 02 August 2017, leading to a detailed outbreak investigation.
Marie-Céline Zanella, Sabine Yerly, Abdessalam Cherkaoui, Gesuele Renzi, Aline Mamin, Laura Lourenço Cordes, Elisabeth Delaporte, Zofia Baranczuk-Turska, Olivia Keiser, Jacques Schrenzel, Stephan Harbarth, Valeria Gaia, Laurent Kaiser   +12 more
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Legionnaires\u2019 disease [Spanish]

cdc:37691Legionnaires\u2019 disease [Spanish]La enfermedad del legionario es un tipo de neumon\ueda (infecci\uf3n de los pulmones) muy grave causada por la bacteria llamada Legionella.

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Two Cases of Legionella pneumophila Pneumonia with Prolonged Neurologic Symptoms and Brain Hypoperfusion on Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2016
Cerebral and cerebellar symptoms are frequently associated with Legionnaires’ disease. However, corresponding brain lesions are difficult to demonstrate using either computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Hiromitsu Ohta, Susumu Yamazaki, You Miura, Akira Seto, Minoru Kanazawa, Makoto Nagata   +5 more
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Legionnaires' disease in Europe 2003-2004

, 2005
Once a year, countries that collaborate in the European Surveillance Scheme for Travel Associated Legionnaires’ Disease (EWGLINET) are requested to submit a dataset that provides epidemiological and microbiological information on cases of legionnaires ...
C Joseph, K D Ricketts
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Legionnaires’ disease

, 2016
This chapter describes Legionnaires’ disease and its importance as a preventable cause of severe pneumonia—one that mainly affects older people and has a high mortality rate.
Falguni Naik, Nick Phin, Elaine Stanford, Sam Ghebrehewet   +3 more
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How Legionella defend their turf

eLife, 2019
Communities of bacteria that cause Legionnaires' disease repel other bacteria by secreting an acid called ...
Elisa D Hughes, Michele S Swanson
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European Surveillance of Legionnaires\u27 Disease

, 2020
Legionnaires\u27 disease and Pontiac fever are both diseases with important public health implications and require prompt and thorough responses to outbreaks for future prevention.
Lara Payne Hallström, Birgitta de Jong
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Legionella and legionnaires' disease: An overview

Journal of Acute Disease, 2019
Legionellosis is the generic term used to describe infections caused by different varieties of Legionella spp., including Legionnaires’ disease (LD), a severe and potentially fatal form of pneumonia, and Pontiac fever, a self-limited flu-like illness ...
Nabi Jomehzadeh, Mojtaba Moosavian, Morteza Saki, Mohammad Rashno   +3 more
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