An outbreak of community-acquired Legionnaires' disease pneumonia. | Zendy

Charles M. Helms | Zendy; L. A. Wintermeyer | Zendy; Rodney Zeitler | Zendy; R E Larew | Zendy; R. Michael Massanari | Zendy; Nancy H. Hall | Zendy; William J. Hausler | Zendy; William Johnson | Zendy

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An outbreak of community-acquired Legionnaires' disease pneumonia.

Author(s) -

Charles M. Helms,

L. A. Wintermeyer,

Rodney Zeitler,

R E Larew,

R. Michael Massanari,

Nancy H. Hall,

William J. Hausler,

William Johnson

Publication year - 1984

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.74.8.835

Subject(s) - outbreak , legionnaires' disease , medicine , epidemiology , case fatality rate , pneumonia , attack rate , erythromycin , disease , pediatrics , legionella pneumophila , antibiotics , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , bacteria , genetics

In October 1981, an outbreak of 29 cases of community-acquired pneumonia occurred among adult residents of Johnson County, Iowa. Retrospective study revealed 12 cases (41 per cent) had laboratory evidence of Legionnaires' disease (LD). No significant differences in clinical or epidemiological features were found between LD cases and the other pneumonias in the outbreak. All LD cases received erythromycin; one case died for a case-fatality rate of 8 per cent. The outbreak's focus could not be identified.

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