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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Legionellosis (Legionella spp. infection) can be classified into three types based upon affected organ systems and clinical presentations: pulmonary infection (Legionnaires' disease), extrapulmonary infection, and Pontiac fever.
Classification
- Legionellosis (Legionella pneumophila infection)[1]
- Pulmonary infection
- Extrapulmonary infection
- Endocarditis
- Native and prosthetic joint infection
- Direct inoculation of Legionella-contaminated water into tissues
- Local extension of a thoracic empyema into the soft tissues of the chest
- Abscesses and other infections of the brain, spleen or extrathoracic lymph nodes, skeletal muscle, myocardium, intestines and liver, kidneys, peritoneum, pericardium, vascular shunts and grafts, bone marrow, surgical wounds including prosthetic heart valves and aorta, perirectal area, and skin and subcutaneous tissues
- Pontiac fever (nonpneumonic, febrile, influenza-like illness associated with exposure to Legionella spp. that resolves spontaneously)
References
- ↑ Bennett, John (2015). Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's principles and practice of infectious diseases. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders. ISBN 978-1455748013.