Legionnaires' disease
noun
Le·gion·naires' disease
ˌlē-jə-ˈnerz-
variants
or less commonly Legionnaire's disease
: pneumonia that is caused by a bacterium (Legionella pneumophila), is characterized initially by symptoms resembling influenza (as malaise, headache, and muscular aches) followed by high fever, cough, diarrhea, severe pneumonia, and mental confusion, and that may be fatal especially in elderly and immunocompromised individuals
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