RT Book, Section
A1 Rubin, Lorry G.
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 7025897
T1 Chapter 264. Legionella Pneumonia
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7025897
RD 2024/04/20
AB Legionella  pneumophila  was  first  recognized  as  the  etiology  of  an  outbreak  of  pneumonia  among  attendees  at  a  1976  American  Legion  Convention.1,2  Pneumonia  caused  by  Legionella,  known  as  Legionnaires  disease  or  legionellosis,  is  a  common  cause  of  community-acquired  pneumonia  in  adults  and  is  a  cause  of  health  care-associated  pneumonia  and  pneumonia  in  immunocompromised  adults  and  children.  L  pneumophila  may  also  cause  Pontiac  fever,  an  uncommon,  short  incubation,  influenzalike  illness  that  primarily  affects  adults  with  symptoms  of  fever,  malaise,  myalgia,  chills,  headache,  and  pleuritic  pain.3-5