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Descriptor English: Legionnaires' Disease
Descriptor Spanish: Enfermedad de los Legionarios
Descriptor enfermedad de los legionarios
Entry term(s) enfermedad del legionario
fiebre de Pontiac
infecciones por Legionella pneumophila
Scope note: Infección bacteriana aguda, algunas veces mortal, semejante a la neumonía. Se caracteriza por fiebre alta, malestar general, dolores musculares, trastornos respiratorios y cefalea. Se le denomina así por un brote que ocurrió en la convención de Filadelfia de la Legión estadounidense.
Descriptor Portuguese: Doença dos Legionários
Descriptor French: Maladie des légionnaires
Entry term(s): Disease, Legionnaire
Disease, Legionnaires'
Fever, Pontiac
Infection, Legionella pneumophila
Infections, Legionella pneumophila
Legionella pneumophila Infection
Legionella pneumophila Infections
Legionnaire Disease
Legionnaire's Disease
Legionnaires Disease
Pontiac Fever
Tree number(s): C01.150.252.400.500.501
C01.748.382.380
C08.730.382.380
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007877
Scope note: 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
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Bacterial Infections (1976-1978)
Disease Outbreaks (1976-1978)
Public MeSH Note: 79; was see under RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS 1978
History Note: 79(78); was see under RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS 1978
Entry Version: LEGIONNAIRES DIS
DeCS ID: 22539
Unique ID: D007877
NLM Classification: WC 200
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1979/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/02/15
Revision Date: 2017/02/24
Legionnaires' Disease - Preferred
Concept UI M0012293
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Legionnaires' Disease
Entry term(s) Disease, Legionnaire
Disease, Legionnaires'
Infection, Legionella pneumophila
Infections, Legionella pneumophila
Legionella pneumophila Infection
Legionella pneumophila Infections
Legionnaire Disease
Legionnaire's Disease
Legionnaires Disease
Pontiac Fever - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000622433
Preferred term Pontiac Fever
Entry term(s) Fever, Pontiac



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