title: Legionnaire's disease: a current update.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medicine, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: H Michael
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Dreher
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002423:Cause of Death; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D017053:Infection Control; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy* / Q000635:transmission; D020380:Needs Assessment; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011322:Primary Prevention; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents