"Legionnaires' Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D007877
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.400.500.501 C08.730.382.380
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| Concept/Terms |
Legionnaires' Disease- Legionnaires' Disease
- Disease, Legionnaires'
- Legionnaire's Disease
- Legionnaires Disease
- Legionella pneumophila Infections
- Infections, Legionella pneumophila
- Infection, Legionella pneumophila
- Legionella pneumophila Infection
- Legionnaire Disease
- Disease, Legionnaire
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Legionnaires' Disease" by people in Profiles.
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Clinical Utility of Testing for Legionella Pneumonia in Central Texas. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2017 Jan; 14(1):65-69.
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TandemHeart as a Bridge to Recovery in Legionella Myocarditis. Tex Heart Inst J. 2015 Aug; 42(4):357-61.
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Caution is needed concerning location of legionella testing, as 1 size (method) does not fit all. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Nov 15; 59(10):1505.
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Molecular mimicry by an F-box effector of Legionella pneumophila hijacks a conserved polyubiquitination machinery within macrophages and protozoa. PLoS Pathog. 2009 Dec; 5(12):e1000704.
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Legionella pneumonia in cancer patients. Medicine (Baltimore). 2008 May; 87(3):152-159.
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Cerebellar involvement in legionellosis. South Med J. 2004 Jan; 97(1):61-4.
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Update of practice guidelines for the management of community-acquired pneumonia in immunocompetent adults. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Dec 01; 37(11):1405-33.
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Pericarditis associated with Legionnaires' disease in a bone marrow transplant recipient. Clin Infect Dis. 1994 Dec; 19(6):1168-70.