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Legionnaires Disease

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-015588

An acute, sometimes fatal, pneumonia-like bacterial infection characterized by high fever, malaise, muscle aches, respiratory disorders and headache. It is named for an outbreak at the 1976 Philadelphia convention of the American Legion.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-015588
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-015588",
  "term": "Legionnaires Disease",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "An acute, sometimes fatal, pneumonia-like bacterial infection characterized by high fever, malaise, muscle aches, respiratory disorders and headache. It is named for an outbreak at the 1976 Philadelphia convention of the American Legion.",
  "references": [
    "NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/legionnaires-disease/"
}

Record 15,588 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.