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Legionnaires' Disease and Pontiac Fever After a Point-Source Exposure to Legionella pneumophila

David L. Thomas, MD, MPH; Linda M. Mundy, MD; Pamela C. Tucker, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1993;153(22):2597-2599.

Abstract
Legionella pneumophila is associated with outbreaks of either Pontiac fever, a self-limited influenzalike condition without pneumonia, or Legionnaires' disease, a severe pneumonic disease affecting elderly or immunocompromised individuals. An outbreak of both Legionnaires' disease and Pontiac fever after a point-source exposure to L pneumophila was studied. Our observations demonstrated the spectrum of illness that L pneumophila may cause and emphasized the importance of host factors in affecting the expression of infection.

(Arch Intern Med. 1993;153:2597-2599)

Author Affiliations
From the Division of Infectious Diseases, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.

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