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Legionella pneumophilais 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 toL pneumophilawas studied. Our observations demonstrated the spectrum of illness thatL pneumophilamay cause and emphasized the importance of host factors in affecting the expression of infection. (Arch Intern Med. 1993;153:2597-2599)
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