title: Legionnaires' disease: clinical differentiation from typical and other atypical pneumonias.
abstract: This article describes the clinical differentiation of legionnaires' disease from typical and other atypical pneumonias, with reference to the history, microbiology, epidemiology, clinical presentation (including radiologic manifestations, clinical extrapulmonary features, nonspecific laboratory findings, clinical syndromic diagnosis, and differential diagnosis), therapy, complications, and prognosis of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, 259 First Street, Mineola, Long Island, NY 11501, USA.
authors.forename: Burke A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Cunha
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D016952:Legionella pneumophila / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents