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Nonpneumonic Legionnaires' disease

Doença não-pneumônica dos legionários

Category

Definition

Pontiac fever (PF) is a mild form of legionellosis manifesting with flu-like symptoms such as nausea, myalgia, fever, cough and headache but without pneumonia.

Index Terms

Nonpneumonic Legionnaires' diseasepontiac feverlegionellosis nonpneumonicnonpneumonic Legionnaire's disordernonpneumonic legionella pneumophila infectionextrapulmonary legionella infection