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Chapter 1 - Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)»Other bacterial diseases (A30-A49)»Legionnaires' disease (A48.1)

A48.1

Legionnaires' disease

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Legionnaires' Disease1 drug (1 approved)

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.