Legionnaire Disease

Researchers from Winthrop University detail findings in legionnaire disease

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, September 6th, 2009

"Atypical community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) may be caused by zoonotic or nonpulmonary pathogens. However, atypical pathogens are systemic infectious disease accompanied by pneumonia in contrast with typical bacterial pathogens with infection limited to the lungs and absent extrapulmonary findings," scientists in the United States report.

"Clinically and radiologically, the atypical CAP pathogens that most closely resemble each other are psittacosis, Q fever, and Legionnaires' disease. Psittacosis can usually be readily suspected or eliminated on the basis of a recent psittacine bird contact history. The 2 atypical pneumonias that most closely resemble each other...

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Source: Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA (2009-09-06)

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