 Legionnaires' Disease
"Legionnaires' Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 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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Dagan A, Epstein D, Mahagneh A, Nashashibi J, Geffen Y, Neuberger A, Miller A. Community-acquired versus nosocomial Legionella pneumonia: factors associated with Legionella-related mortality. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2021 Jul; 40(7):1419-1426.
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Yang C, McDermot DS, Pasricha S, Brown AS, Bedoui S, Lenz LL, van Driel IR, Hartland EL. IFN? receptor down-regulation facilitates Legionella survival in alveolar macrophages. J Leukoc Biol. 2020 02; 107(2):273-284.
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Ruiz-Moreno JS, Hamann L, Shah JA, Verbon A, Mockenhaupt FP, Puzianowska-Kuznicka M, Naujoks J, Sander LE, Witzenrath M, Cambier JC, Suttorp N, Schumann RR, Jin L, Hawn TR, Opitz B. The common HAQ STING variant impairs cGAS-dependent antibacterial responses and is associated with susceptibility to Legionnaires' disease in humans. PLoS Pathog. 2018 01; 14(1):e1006829.
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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.
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Abernathy-Carver KJ, Fan LL, Boguniewicz M, Larsen GL, Leung DY. Legionella and Pneumocystis pneumonias in asthmatic children on high doses of systemic steroids. Pediatr Pulmonol. 1994 Sep; 18(3):135-8.
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Carlson NC, Kuskie MR, Dobyns EL, Wheeler MC, Roe MH, Abzug MJ. Legionellosis in children: an expanding spectrum. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1990 Feb; 9(2):133-7.
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Sato P, Madtes DK, Thorning D, Albert RK. Bronchiolitis obliterans caused by Legionella pneumophila. Chest. 1985 Jun; 87(6):840-2.
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