Legionnaires' Disease [legionářská nemoc]
topical
46
- Terms
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infekce Legionella pneumophila
pontiacká horečka
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Infections, Legionella pneumophila
Legionella pneumophila Infections
Legionnaire Disease
Pontiac Fever
Persistent link
https://www.medvik.cz/link/D007877
Definition
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.
- Annotation
- caused by Legionella pneumophila: infect by other Legionella species = LEGIONELLOSIS
- DUI
- D007877 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0012293
- Previous indexing
- Bacterial Infections (1976-1978); Disease Outbreaks (1976-1978)
- History note
- 79(78); was see under RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS 1978
- Public note
- 79; was see under RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS 1978
Allowable subheadings
- BL
- blood
- CF
- cerebrospinal fluid
- CI
- chemically induced
- CL
- classification
- CO
- complications 3
- CN
- congenital
- DI
- diagnosis 16
- DG
- diagnostic imaging
- DH
- diet therapy
- DT
- drug therapy 4
- EC
- economics
- EM
- embryology
- EN
- enzymology
- EP
- epidemiology 14
- EH
- ethnology
- ET
- etiology 9
- GE
- genetics
- HI
- history 3
- IM
- immunology 4
- ME
- metabolism
- MI
- microbiology 9
- MO
- mortality
- NU
- nursing
- PS
- parasitology
- PA
- pathology 2
- PP
- physiopathology 5
- PC
- prevention & control 9
- PX
- psychology
- RT
- radiotherapy
- RH
- rehabilitation
- SU
- surgery
- TH
- therapy 6
- TM
- transmission 8
- UR
- urine
- VE
- veterinary
- VI
- virology 1
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Occurrences in Medvik records
C
Diseases