legionnaires disease
31Centers for Disease Control and Prevention timeline — The following is a timeline of events relating to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.1940s*1946 The Communicable Disease Center is organized in Atlanta, Georgia on July 1. *1947 In San Francisco, CDC took over the Public Health… …
32Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease — An acute exacerbation of COPD is a sudden worsening of COPD symptoms (shortness of breath, quantity and color of phlegm) that typically lasts for several days. It may be triggered by an infection with bacteria or viruses or by environmental… …
33Occupational lung disease — Main Article Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Occupational lung diseases are a branch of occupational diseases concerned primarily with work related exposures to harmful substances, be they dusts or gases, and the subsequent pulmonary …
34legionnaire's disease — /lidʒəˈnɛəz dəziz/ (say leejuh nairz duhzeez) noun a disease caused by an aerobic bacterium, Legionella pneumophila, which, in its severe form, causes a high fever and pneumonia; sometimes circulated in air conditioning systems. Also,… …
35Legionnaire's disease — noun see Legionnaires disease …
36Legionnaire disease — Type of pneumonia, first identified in American Legion conventioneers in 1976, 29 of whom died. The cause was identified as a previously unknown bacterium, Legionella pneumophila, later revealed as causing earlier mysterious outbreaks at widely… …
37Legionnaire disease — A disease due to the bacteria Legionella pneumophila found in plumbing, shower heads and water storage tanks. Outbreaks of Legionella pneumonia have been attributed to evaporative condensers and cooling towers. The bacteria thrives in the mist… …
38Legionellosis — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 7366 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|482.84 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = 000616 eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 1273 MeshID = D007876 Legionellosis is an infectious disease caused by bacteria… …
39Legionella — Taxobox color = lightgrey name = Legionella image width = 240px image caption = Legionella sp. under UV illumination. domain = Bacteria phylum = Proteobacteria classis = Gamma Proteobacteria ordo = Legionellales familia = Legionellaceae genus =… …
40Legionella — The bacterium that causes Legionnaires disease. This disease is due specifically to the bacterium Legionella pneumophila found in plumbing, shower heads and water storage tanks. Outbreaks of Legionella pneumonia have been attributed to… …
