A Hautemaniere, T Remen, L Mathieu… - Journal of Hospital …, 2011 - Elsevier The aim of this study was to ascertain incidence of symptoms compatible with Pontiac fever (PF) and to assess their association with exposure to legionella bacteria among retirement home nurses who help residents take their shower. Within a non-epidemic framework, 104 ...
[PDF] from maryland.govJM Sharfstein - 2011 - dhmh.maryland.gov ... associated with human disease,3, 4 L. pneumophila, accounts for approx- imately 90% of infections, with illness most frequently associated with serogroups 1, 4, and 6.5 Legionella can cause two clinically distinct syndromes: Legionnaires' disease (LD) and Pontiacfever. ... Related articles - View as HTML - All 2 versions
[HTML] from suporior-surrogacy.comS Loridant, JC Lagier… - Emerging infectious …, 2011 - suporior-surrogacy.com ... L. feeleii was first described in 1984 as the causative agent of a Pontiacfever outbreak (4). L. feeleii was responsible, according to a recent review, for only 10 reported cases of infections, all of which were pneumonia, only 1 complicated by endocarditis (5). Unlike lung ... Related articles - Cached - All 6 versions
[HTML] from cdc.govH Whiley… - Emerging infectious diseases, 2011 - cdc.gov ... infection, ie, Legionnaires' disease (a Legionella spp.–derived pneumonic infection) and Pontiac fever (an acute, self-limited febrile illness that has been linked serologically and by culture to Legionella spp.) (1,2). Community- and hospital-acquired legionelloses typically are ... Related articles - Cached - All 4 versions