Pneumonia		Legionnaires' Disease

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Legionnaire s disease was first described in 1976 after an outbreak of fatal pneumonia at a Legionnaires convention The newly described organism which caused the disease was named Legionella

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Legionnaires Disease is a severe form of pneumonia caused by a bacteria that contaminates water supplies It can be fatal

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자료 http www medcity com ▣ Legionella pneumophila Legionnaires disease was first described in 1976 after and outbreak of fatal pneumonia at a Legionnaires convention The newly described organism which caused the disease was named

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with L pneumophila SG1 sub group greater Pontiac sub group smaller Knoxville The tower number 1 and the two deposits are located in the zone of maximum incidence of the disease Figure 6 Location in Alcala de Henares of the cooling towers and water tanks contaminated by L pneumophila SG1 greater sub group Pontiac sub group smaller Knoxville

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of reported cases generally increases during the summer and early autumn months Legionnaires disease is a form of pneumonia that is caused by the bacteria of the Legionella species Legionella pneumophilia causes the majority of cases but over 46 species and 70 serogroups have been identified The majority of cases are sporadic but outbreaks can occur Around 300 350

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Legionnaires Disease Legionnaires disease which is also known as Legionellosis is a form of pneumonia It is often called Legionnaires disease because the first known outbreak occurred in the Bellevue

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with antibiotics and symptomatic treatment undertaken Avian Influenza Bird Flu

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of the isolated ones by species serogroups and sub group From 85 first samples they were positive to Legionella 37 43 5 The cooling towers were positive in 61 of the samples Figure 5 Results of isolation of Legionella in first samples according to his origin Those isolated ones identified like L pneumophila SG1 sub group greater Pontiac sub group smaller

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about the potential for more widespread infection in the human population The reported symptoms of avian influenza in humans have ranged from typical

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to the sub group smaller Knoxville and 4 to the sub group smaller Benidorm and the 30 rest belonged to the sub group greater Olda all of them of the sub group smaller Oxford Camperdown Table 3 Distribution of the isolated ones in species of Legionable serogrupos of L pneumophila and sub groups of L pneumophila Sg 1

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available for patients unable to tolerate erythromycin Tuberculosis Pulmonary tuberculosis is a contagious

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around tower 1 occurs the elevated rates of incidence more and than a decreasing gradient of incidence exists as we moved away of the same one which does not happen in the other towers Table 6 Incidence of cases of neumoni a with microbiological criteria of confirmation around

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in people returning from an affected area especially one where transmission is thought to be continuing such as Hong Kong or Guangdong Province Recent data suggests that transmission

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Vaccination should be considered for those at risk Influenza viruses are spread is from person to person by droplet spread

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within ten days of returning from an infected region Since April 2nd 2003 the Department of Health has strongly advised against

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