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Gram-negative aerobic rods, isolated from surface water, mud, or thermally polluted lakes or streams. It is pathogenic for man and it has no known soil or animal sources.
(Source: National Library of Medicine 2013 MeSH Scope Note and Classification)
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 - Figure 1. Gram stain of Legionella pneumophila, from culture of a sputum specimen.
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- National Library of Medicine 2013 MeSH Scope Note and Classification
- O'Loughlin, R.E., Kightlinger, L., Werpy, M.C., Brown, E., Stevens, V., Hepper, C., Keane, T., Benson, R.F., Fields, B.S., and Moore, M.R. (2007). Restaurant outbreak of Legionnaires' disease associated with a decorative fountain: an environmental and case-control study. BMC Infect Dis 7, 93.
PMID:17688692 (PubMed abstract)
- Neil and Berkelman. (2008)Increasing incidence of legionellosis in the United States, 1990-2005: changing epidemiologic trends. Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Sep 1;47(5):591-9.
PMID:18665818 (PubMed abstract)
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