| Autor: |
Girod JC, Reichman RC, Winn WC Jr, Klaucke DN, Vogt RL, Dolin R |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Archives of internal medicine [Arch Intern Med] 1982 Mar; Vol. 142 (3), pp. 545-7. |
| Abstrakt: |
Two male maintenance workers contracted legionellosis while cleaning the interior of a cooling tower contaminated with Legionella pneumophila. In one man severe, life-threatening Legionnaires' disease developed, whereas the other experienced a comparatively mild, self-limiting illness that was consistent with previous descriptions of cases of Pontiac fever. This report represents the first documentation of the development of both of these syndromes following exposure to a common source of the organism. The implications of this observation for the pathogenetic mechanisms that underly the different clinical manifestations of legionellosis are discussed. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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