A form of pneumonia that is caused by, a bacterium that breeds in warm, moist conditions. The source of infection is often an air-conditioning system in a large, public building. The first symptoms include headache, muscular and abdominal pain, diarrhoea, and a dry cough. Over the next few days, pneumonia develops, resulting in a high fever, shaking chills, coughing up of thick sputum (phlegm), drowsiness, and sometimes delirium. Treatment is with the antibiotic drug erythromycin.
Legionnaires’ disease |
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