Legionnaires' disease and pneumonia

Beware the temptation to underestimate this “exotic” cause of infection

Efsun Akbas Dr Akbas is director, communicable disease research department, Refik Saydam National Hygiene Center, and director, Legionella Reference Laboratory, Ankara, Turkey.

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Victor L. Yu Dr Yu is professor of medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and chief, infectious disease section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Pittsburgh.Correspondence[email protected]

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