Pneumonia as related to Legionnaires' Disease

• Legionnaires' Disease - NIEHS Alphabetical Listing of Health Topics
  Answer: Legionnaires' disease, which is also known as Legionellosis, is a form of pneumonia. It is often called Legionnaires' disease because the first known outbreak occurred in ...
  
  
• Legionnaires' Disease eTool: Disease Recognition
  It is difficult to distinguish this disease from other forms of pneumonia; so many cases go unreported. Legionnaires' disease is characterized as an "opportunistic" disease that attacks individuals who ...
  
  
• Legionellosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Extraintestinal Infections: L. pneumophila is specifically considered as a pathogen of the respiratory tract, where it is a cause of atypical pneumonia, also known as Legionnaires' disease.
  
  
• THE MERCK MANUAL MEDICAL LIBRARY: The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and ...
  Merck and The Merck Manuals: Merck is committed to bringing out the best in medicine. As part of that effort, Merck has created The Merck Manuals, a series of healthcare books for medical ...
  
  
• Legionellosis
  Legionellosis Legionnaires' disease, atypical pneumonia, smoker, elderly, Philadelphia disease, ... Legionellae is the cause of Pontiac fever, a self-limited flu-like illness, and ...
  
  
• Disease Listing, Legionellosis, General Information | CDC Bacterial ...
  Legionnaires' disease can have symptoms like many other forms of pneumonia, so it can be hard to diagnose at first. Signs of the disease can include: a high fever, chills, and a cough.
  
  
• MedlinePlus: Legionnaires' Disease
  ... research articles on • Legionnaires' Disease: You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages: • Pneumonia ... NIH organization for research on Legionnaires' Disease is the ...
  
  
• MedlinePlus: Pneumonia
  Search MEDLINE/PubMed for recent research articles on • Pneumonia: You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages: • Legionnaires' Disease
  
  
• Legionellosis (Legionnaires' disease)
  Legionellosis (Legionnaires' disease) " Legionellosis " is also available in Portable Document ... Legionellosis is a bacterial disease which may cause pneumonia. Fewer than 100 cases are reported each ...
  
  
• Postgraduate Medicine: Legionnaires' disease and pneumonia
  Legionnaires' disease and pneumonia Beware the temptation to underestimate this "exotic" cause of infection. Efsun Akbas, MD; Victor L. Yu, MD. VOL 109 / NO 5 / MAY 2001 / POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE