Legionnaires' disease: Difference between revisions

From Citizendium
Jump to navigation Jump to search
imported>Daniel Mietchen
m (Legionnaires' Disease moved to Legionnaires' disease: naming conventions)
imported>Meg Taylor
No edit summary
Line 5: Line 5:


==References==
==References==
<references/>
{{reflist}}

Revision as of 02:21, 7 October 2013

This article is a stub and thus not approved.
Main Article
Discussion
Related Articles  [?]
Bibliography  [?]
External Links  [?]
Citable Version  [?]
 
This editable Main Article is under development and subject to a disclaimer.

In medicine, Legionnaires' Disease is an "acute, sometimes fatal, pneumonia-like bacterial infection characterized by high fever, malaise, muscle aches, respiratory disorders and headache. It is named for an outbreak at the 1976 Philadelphia convention of the American Legion."[1]

Legionnaires' Disease is caused by the bacterium Legionella pneumophila.

References