Question 1

what are the tests for legionnaire's disease?

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Legionnaires Tests: To help identify the presence of legionella bacteria quickly, your doctor may use a test that checks your urine for legionella antigens — you may also have one or more of the following:
    blood tests
    a chest x-ray
    sputum samples
    lung tissue samples
or a a ct scan of your brain or a spinal tap (lumbar puncture) if you have neurological symptoms such as confusion or trouble concentrati.

Question 2

my brother has developed legionnaire's disease. what is it exactly?

Accepted Answer

Bacteria: The bacteria is named after an outbreak found at american leigon convention. It is fairly common and causes pneumionia and requires treatment for recovery.

Question 3

what is legionnaires' disease?

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A type of pneumonia: It is a type of pneumonia caused by a bacterium called legionella.  This bacterium likes to grow in standing water such as in air conditioning units.

Question 4

what causes legionnaires disease?

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Legionella sp.: Legionella pneumophilia is the bacteria that causes legionaires' disease. It was first recognized when it caused an epidemic of pneumonia at a pennsylvania state american legion convention in philadelphia in 1976.  Thus the name.

Question 5

how is legionnaires' disease treated?

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Antibiotics: The most common ones are from the class of quinolones (levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, gemifloxacin) or newer macrolides (azithromycin, clarithromycin, roxithromycin). The antibiotics used most frequently have been Levofloxacin and azithromycin.

Question 6

what are signs of legionnaires' disease?

Accepted Answer

Cough, SOB ,fever: Legionaires' disease cannot accurately be differentiated from other forms of pneumonia based on signs and symptoms.  The most common  symptoms of pneumonia are cough, sputum production, shortness of breath, fever, chills, and chest pain on inspiration.  Muscle aches, diarrhea, confusion, low sodium and phosphorus levels and elevated liver enzymes arealso  common findings in legionaires' disease.

Question 7

saw a show on tv and they mentioned something called legionnaire's disease. what is that?

Accepted Answer

Atypical Pneumonia: Legionella is an organism that causes what healthcare workers refer to as atypical pneumonia. This infection of the lung will cause shortness of breath and cough, but not the significant sputum production associated with the usual kind of pneumonia. I believe it was first described when a bunch of legionnaires (a club) contracted the disease (hence the name).

Question 8

do you think it would be unlikely to contract legionnaires's disease while camping on the? beach?

Accepted Answer

Legionnaires disease: It is very very unlikely on the beach.To get this disease you have to be in enclosed envoirenment.

Question 9

is legionnaires' disease common?

Accepted Answer

No: Legionella rarely affects immunocompetent persons. Rare outbreaks like the legionairres have been reported in the us, but again it is not very common.

Question 10

how is legionnaires disease transmitted?

Accepted Answer

Ihalation: The bacterium Legionella Pneumophila causes most cases of Legionnaire's Disease &amp; is spread when microscopic water drops are inhaled.

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