Legionellosis:
Legionnaire's Disease (LD) and Pontiac Fever

 

MMWR Articles Recommendations for Preventing Legionnaires' Disease in Transplant Units http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr4910a1.htm Sustained Transmission of Nosocomial Legionnaires Disease-AZ OH http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00047639.htm Legionnaires Disease Associated with a Whirlpool Spa Display http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00047291.htm Guidelines for Prevention of Nosocomial Pneumonia http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00045365.htm Legionnaires' Disease Associated with Cooling Towers - MA, MI, RI http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00031925.htm Links HICPAC Recommendations for Prevention ASHRAE 12-2000 Guideline: Minimizing the Risk of Legionellosis Associated with Building Water Systems http://www.baltimoreaircoil.com/index1.html   Information for Health Departments Legionellosis Case Report Form - for use by state health and teritorial health departments for reporting to CDC (form will open in a new window)   References Marston BJ, Lipman HB, Breiman RF. Surveillance for Legionnaires' disease: risk factors for mortality and morbidity. Arch Intern Med 1994;154:2417-22. Fiore AE, Nuorti JP, Levine OS, et al. Epidemic Legionnaires' disease two decades later: old sources, new diagnostic methods. Clin Infect Dis 1998;26:426-33. Breiman RF, Butler JC. Legionnaires' disease: clinical, epidemiological, and public health perspectives. Semin in Respir Infects, 1998;13:84-89. Straus WL, Plouffe JF, File TM Jr., et al. Risk factors for domestic acquisition of legionnaires' disease. Ohio Legionnaires' Diseases Group. Arch Intern Med 1996;156(15):1685-92. Kool JL, Carpenter, JC, Fields BS. Effect of monochloramine disinfection of municipal drinking water on risk of nosocomial legionnaires' disease. Lancet 1999;353(9149):272-277. Kool JL, Fiore AE, et al. More than ten years of unrecognized nosocomial transmission of Legionnaires' disease aurn to DBMD disease listing">