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1: Medsurg Nurs. 2004 Dec;13(6):409-14.Links

Legionnaire's disease: a current update.

Lane G, Ferrari A, Dreher HM.

Emergency Medicine, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA, USA.

Legionnaire's disease was first identified and described in January 1977. Even today, it is often regarded as an unusual or exotic disease, when in fact it is a very common form of community and nosocomial acquired pneumonia. The major roles of the acute care nurse, including patient health education; psychosocial needs of the patient; and strategies for disease prevention and control, are discussed.

PMID: 15714745 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]