"Legionnaires' Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D007877
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.400.500.501 C08.730.382.380
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| Concept/Terms |
Legionnaires' Disease- Legionnaires' Disease
- Disease, Legionnaires'
- Legionnaire's Disease
- Legionnaires Disease
- Legionella pneumophila Infections
- Infections, Legionella pneumophila
- Infection, Legionella pneumophila
- Legionella pneumophila Infection
- Legionnaire Disease
- Disease, Legionnaire
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Legionnaires' Disease" by people in Profiles.
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Rothberg MB, Imrey PB, Guo N, Deshpande A, Higgins TL, Lindenauer PK. A risk model to identify Legionella among patients admitted with community-acquired pneumonia: A retrospective cohort study. J Hosp Med. 2022 08; 17(8):624-632.
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Allgaier J, Lagu T, Haessler S, Imrey PB, Deshpande A, Guo N, Rothberg MB. Risk Factors, Management, and Outcomes of Legionella Pneumonia in a Large, Nationally Representative Sample. Chest. 2021 05; 159(5):1782-1792.
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Foster C, Frakes MA, Puopolo E, McNulty F, Saia MS, Hourihan M, Flynn M, Wilcox SR. Inhaled Epoprostenol to Facilitate Safe Transport in Legionnaires' Disease. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2020 Feb; 35(1):109-114.
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Henry C, Boethel C, Copeland LA, Ghamande S, Arroliga AC, White HD. Clinical Utility of Testing for Legionella Pneumonia in Central Texas. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2017 Jan; 14(1):65-69.
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Lui JK, Touray S, Tosches WA, Richard K. Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy in Legionella pneumonia. Muscle Nerve. 2014 Nov; 50(5):868-9.
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Hubber A, Arasaki K, Nakatsu F, Hardiman C, Lambright D, De Camilli P, Nagai H, Roy CR. The machinery at endoplasmic reticulum-plasma membrane contact sites contributes to spatial regulation of multiple Legionella effector proteins. PLoS Pathog. 2014 Jul; 10(7):e1004222.
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Bhan U, Trujillo G, Lyn-Kew K, Newstead MW, Zeng X, Hogaboam CM, Krieg AM, Standiford TJ. Toll-like receptor 9 regulates the lung macrophage phenotype and host immunity in murine pneumonia caused by Legionella pneumophila. Infect Immun. 2008 Jul; 76(7):2895-904.