| Legionella bozemanii | A species that causes human pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
|---|---|
| Legionella dumoffii | A species implicated in pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Legionella feeleii | A species implicated in pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Legionella gormanii | A species implicated in pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Legionella longbeachae | A species implicated in pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Legionella micdadei | A species that causes Pittsburgh pneumonia, a variant of Legionnaires' disease. Accounts for approximately 60% of Legionella pneumonias other than those caused by Legionella pneumophila. Synonym: Pittsburgh pneumonia agent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| legionella pneumophila | A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria that is the causative agent of legionnaires' disease. It has been isolated from numerous environmental sites as well as from human lung tissue, respiratory secretions, and blood. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Legionella wadsworthii | A species implicated in pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Legionellaceae | <bacteria> A family of disease-causing gram-negative aquatic aerobic flagellated rod-shaped bacteria. Diseases caused by members of this family includes Legionnaire's disease. (09 Oct 1997) |
| legionellosis | Infections with bacteria of the genus legionella. (12 Dec 1998) |
| legionnaire's disease | <infectious disease> An acute bacterial respiratory illness caused by the gram-negative bacterium Legionella pneumophila, a member of the family Legionellaceae. The illness results in a serious pneumonia and begins with flu-like symptoms, then moves on to high fever, shaking chills, headaches, diarrhoea, pneumonia, and pleurisy. I can be fatal. The disease is highly contagious. The bacteria which causes this disease is only harmful when tiny droplets of water floating in the air containing the bacteria are inhaled, and does not cause harm when it is present in drinking water. The bacteria has been found in water systems and can survive in the air conditioning systems of large buildings. Risk factors for infection include smoking, COPD, renal failure, cancer, diabetes and alcoholism. (09 Oct 1997) |
| legionnaires' disease | An acute, sometimes fatal, pneumonia-like bacterial infection characterised 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. (12 Dec 1998) |
| legislation | The enactment of laws and ordinances and their regulation by official organs of a nation, state, or other legislative organization. It refers also to health-related laws and regulations in general or for which there is no specific heading. (12 Dec 1998) |
| legislation, dental | Laws and regulations pertaining to the field of dentistry, proposed for enactment or recently enacted by a legislative body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| legislation, drug | Laws concerned with manufacturing, dispensing, and marketing of drugs. (12 Dec 1998) |