Legionella In Medical Journals

Legionnaires' Disease - StatPearls - NCBI …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430807/

Legionella - Medical Microbiology - NCBI Bookshelf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK7619/

Legionella was first recovered from the blood of a soldier more than 50 years ago, but its importance as a human pathogen was not recognized …

Legionnaires' disease - The Lancet

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)60078-2/fulltext

The causative microorganism was an unknown bacterium and was designated Legionella pneumophila. The term given to the infection was Legionnaires' disease, which refers to …

Microorganisms | Special Issue : Legionella and …

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/microorganisms/special_issues/legionella

Legionnaires’ disease incidence is on the rise, with the majority of cases attributed to the intracellular pathogen, Legionella pneumophila. Nominally a parasite of …

Legionella - PubMed

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21413250/

Legionella was first recovered from the blood of a soldier more than 50 years ago, but its importance as a human pathogen was not recognized until 1976, when a mysterious …

Legionellosis | NEJM - New England Journal of Medicine

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199709043371006

Legionnaires' disease was first recognized during an outbreak of pneumonia involving delegates to the 1976 American Legion convention at a Philadelphia hotel. Full appreciation of its role other th...

Clinical - Legionella.org

https://legionella.org/publications/clinical/

Our publications have appeared numerous professional journals and we have served on the editorial boards for Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology and an editorial …

Legionnaires Disease: Clinical Features | CDC

https://www.cdc.gov/legionella/clinicians/clinical-features.html

Clinical Features. Legionellosis is a bacterial disease caused by Legionella that can present as either Legionnaires’ disease or Pontiac fever. Legionnaires’ disease causes severe …

Sources - Legionella.org

https://legionella.org/publications/sources/

Our publications have appeared numerous professional journals and we have served on the editorial boards for Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology and an editorial …

(PDF) Legionella and legionnaires' disease: An overview

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338007846_Legionella_and_legionnaires'_disease_An_overview

Abstract. 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 ...