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Descriptor English:
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Legionnaires' Disease
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Enfermedad de los Legionarios
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Doença dos Legionários
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Synonyms English:
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Legionella pneumophila Infections
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Tree Number:
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C01.252.400.500.501
C08.730.382.380
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Definition English:
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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. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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caused by Legionella pneumophila: infect by other Legionella species = LEGIONELLOSIS
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History Note English:
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79(78); was see under RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS 1978
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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22539
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Unique Identifier:
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D007877
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