Legionnaire's disease: a current update. |
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| Authors: | George Lane Anne Ferrari H Michael Dreher |
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| Affiliation: | Emergency Medicine, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA, USA. |
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| 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. |
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