Legionnaire's Disease: Difference between revisions

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===Description===
==Pathogenesis==
===Transmission===
===Infectious Dose, Incubation, and Colonization===
===Epidemiology===
===Virulence Factors===
==Clinical Features==
===Symptoms===
===Morbidity/Mortality===
==Diagnosis==
==Treatment==
==Prevention==
===Risk Avoidance===
===Immunization===
==Host Immune Response==
==References==

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University of Oklahoma Study Abroad Microbiology in Arezzo, Italy[1]
Scanning electron microscope image of Clostridium difficile. From: Bioquell.com [2]

Etiology/Bacteriology

Taxonomy

| Domain = Bacteria
| Phylum = Firmicutes
| Class = Clostridia
| Order = Clostridiales
| Family = Clostridiaceae
| Genus = Clostridium
| species = C. difficile

Description

Pathogenesis

Transmission

Infectious Dose, Incubation, and Colonization

Epidemiology

Virulence Factors

Clinical Features

Symptoms

Morbidity/Mortality

Diagnosis

Treatment

Prevention

Risk Avoidance

Immunization

Host Immune Response

References