Incidence of Legionnaires' disease in a district general hospital.
In order to assess the incidence of Legionnaires' disease in a district general hospital, 90 consecutive patients with pneumonia seen over a 3-year period were investigated. Only 2 patients were found to have Legionnaires' disease, indicating that it is not a frequent cause of pneumonia in the Bristol area.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged