A 41-year-old member asked:
How is legionnaires disease transmitted?
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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 27 years experience
Ihalation: The bacterium Legionella Pneumophila causes most cases of Legionnaire's Disease & is spread when microscopic water drops are inhaled.
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Dr. Dan Fisheranswered
Internal Medicine 29 years experience
Water: Legionella lives in water and is amplified in man made water systems where water is heated and potentially stagnant. Inhalation of aerosols of this water and or aspiration of water into the lungs can cause the disease. Humidification systems, showers, hot tubs, etc have been implicated. Home systems seem to have low risk.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
What is legionnaires' disease?
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Dr. Kevin Windischanswered
Pediatrics 27 years experience
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.
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