legionellosis
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Classification
Etiology
- Legionella
- risk factors
Epidemiology
- increasing incidence
- 1.15 cases per 100,000 persons
- more common in blacks than whites
- more common in males than females
- more common with older age
- 92 cases of Legionella infection & one death from exposure at hotel aquatic facility in Tennessee 2017
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References
- ↑ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Legionellosis --- United States, 2000--2009 MMWR. August 19, 2011 / 60(32);1083-1086 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6032a3.htm
- ↑ Yackley JK, Sweat D, Fill MA, Garman K, Dunn JR. Notes from the Field: Legionellosis outbreak associated with a hotel aquatics facility - Tennessee, 2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2018 Jan 19; 67:77 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29346335 Free PMC Article https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/wr/mm6702a5.htm