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.The elderly are more
susceptible to infections.Symptoms occur after 2-10 days,
and include chest infection, high fever, headache, and shortness
of breath, bloody cough, nausea, vomiting, confusion, and
loss of weight.
Diagnosis
may be made with blood, urine, or sputum sample.
Antibiotics are an infective treatment.
Often
outbreaks follow patterns, so avoiding places known to have
outbreaks help to present cases.
Legionnaire's Disease links
CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/
diseaseinfo/legionellosis_g.htm
US dept of Labour http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/legionnairesdisease/
http://www.legionella.org/
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