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legionellosis
(redirected from Legionnaires')

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legionellosis /le·gion·el·lo·sis/ (le″jin-el-o´sis) disease caused by infection with Legionella pneumophila; see legionnaires' disease and Pontiac fever.
Legionellosis
A disease caused by infection with a Legionella bacterium.
Mentioned in: Legionnaires' Disease

legionellosis
[lē′jənelō′sis]
infection with species of Legionella, which may cause any of several illnesses, including Legionnaires' disease.


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The United States experienced varying levels of malaria outbreaks; in 2006, the United Kingdom was plagued by an outbreak of legionnaires' diseases--a bacterial lung infection that scientists attribute to global warming.
Legionnaires' disease associated with rhabdomyolysis and myoglobinuria.
Relative bradycardia has been reported in many infectious diseases, including typhoid fever, Legionnaires' disease, psittacosis, typhus, leptospirosis, malaria, and babesiosis (5,6).
 
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