Epidemiology and clinical management of Legionnaires' disease

• Published in: The Lancet infectious diseases Vol. 14; no. 10; pp. 1011 - 1021
• Main Authors: Phin, Nick, Parry-Ford, Frances, Harrison, Timothy, Stagg, Helen R, Zhang, Natalie, Kumar, Kartik, Lortholary, Olivier, Zumla, Alimuddin, Abubakar, Ibrahim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2014; Lancet Publishing Group; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Aerobic bacteria; Aerosols; Antibiotics; Bacterial diseases; Bacterial diseases of the respiratory system; Bacterial Typing Techniques; Biological and medical sciences; Cooling; Disease Outbreaks; Epidemiology; Fatalities; Fountains; Global Health; Health surveillance; Hospitals; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Infections; Infectious Disease; Infectious diseases; Legionella pneumophila - classification; Legionella pneumophila - isolation & purification; Legionella pneumophila - pathogenicity; Legionnaire's disease; Legionnaires' disease; Legionnaires' Disease - diagnosis; Legionnaires' Disease - epidemiology; Legionnaires' Disease - therapy; Legionnaires' Disease - transmission; Medical sciences; Mortality; Outbreaks; Patients; Pneumology; Public health; Resorts & spas; Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases; Virulence; New Zealand; Canada; United Kingdom > UK; Japan; Melbourne Victoria Australia; Australia; Pamplona Spain; Spain; Infection; Lung disease; Pneumonia; Clinical management; Respiratory disease; Bacteriosis; Legionellosis; Legionnaires disease; Epidemiology

Legionnaires' disease is an important cause of community-acquired and hospital-acquired pneumonia. Although uncommon, Legionnaires' disease continues to cause disease outbreaks of public health significance. The disease is caused by any species of the Gram-negative aerobic bacteria belongi...