Legionella pneumophila tekitatud raske pneumoonia (tõeline legionelloos)
an acute, sometimes fatal, bacterial disease caused by infection with Legionella pneumophila, not spread by person-to-person contact, that is characterized by pneumonia, high fever, gastrointestinal pain, headache, and sometimes involvement of the kidneys, liver or nervous system
a serious, sometimes fatal, infection, caused by the bacterium Legionella pneumophila, which has symptoms similar to those of pneumonia: believed to be spread by inhalation of contaminated water vapour from showers and air-conditioning plants
Legionellosis is a term for any disease caused by Legionella bacteria, i.e. either legionnaires’ disease (where the patient has pneumonia) or Pontiac fever, a milder infection with similar symptoms which usually last for 2 to 5 days (where the patient does not have pneumonia).
