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Symptoms of Legionnaires' disease



Symptoms of Legionnaires' disease

The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Legionnaires' disease includes the 49 symptoms listed below:

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The list of other diseases or medical conditions that may be on the differential diagnosis list of alternative diagnoses for Legionnaires' disease includes:

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Medical Books Excerpts Excerpts of published medical book chapters related to Legionnaires' disease are available from published medical books for more detailed information about Legionnaires' disease.

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  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
  • "Handbook of Diseases" (2003)

Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

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Legionnaires' disease: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

The multisystem clinical features of Legionnaires’ disease follow a predictable sequence, although the onset of the disease may be gradual or sudden. After a 2- to 10-day incubation period, nonspecific, prodromal signs and symptoms appear, including diarrhea, anorexia, malaise, diffuse myalgias and generalized weakness, headache, and recurrent chills. An unremitting fever develops within 12 to 48 hours with a temperature that may reach 105° F (40.6° C). A cough then develops that’s nonproductive initially but eventually may produce grayish, nonpurulent, and occasionally blood-streaked sputum.

Other characteristic features include nausea, vomiting, disorientation, mental sluggishness, confusion, mild temporary amnesia, pleuritic chest pain, tachypnea, dyspnea, and fine crackles. Patients who develop pneumonia may also experience hypoxia. Other complications include hypotension, delirium, heart failure, arrhythmias, acute respiratory failure, renal failure, and shock (usually fatal).

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Legionnaires' disease: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

Although signs and symptoms of legionnaires’ disease emerge in a predictable sequence, onset of the disease may be gradual or sudden.

After a 2- to 10-day incubation period, nonspecific, prodromal signs and symptoms appear, including diarrhea, anorexia, malaise, diffuse myalgia and generalized weakness, headache, recurrent chills, and an unremitting fever, which develops within 12 to 48 hours with a temperature as high as 105° F (40.6° C). A cough then develops that is initially nonproductive but eventually may produce grayish, nonpurulent and, occasionally, blood-streaked sputum.

Other characteristic signs and symptoms include nausea, vomiting, disorientation, mental sluggishness, confusion, mild temporary amnesia, pleuritic chest pain, tachypnea, dyspnea, fine crackles and, in 50% of patients, bradycardia. Patients who develop pneumonia may also experience hypoxia. Other complications include hypotension, delirium, heart failure, arrhythmias, acute respiratory failure, renal failure, and shock (usually fatal).

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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003

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Legionnaires' Disease: NIEHS_1 (Excerpt)

Symptoms of Legionnaires' disease include fever, chills, and a cough that may or may not produce sputum. Other symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhea, and confusion. This list of symptoms, however, does not readily distinguish Legionnaires' disease from other types of pneumonia. (Source: excerpt from Legionnaires' Disease: NIEHS_1)

Legionnaires' Disease: NIEHS_1 (Excerpt)

Although Legionnaires' disease has a mortality rate of 5 to 15 percent, many people may be infected with the bacterium that causes the disease, yet not develop any symptoms. It is likely that many cases of Legionnaires' disease go undiagnosed. (Source: excerpt from Legionnaires' Disease: NIEHS_1)

Legionnaires' disease as a Cause of Symptoms or Medical Conditions

When considering symptoms of Legionnaires' disease, it is also important to consider Legionnaires' disease as a possible cause of other medical conditions. The Disease Database lists the following medical conditions that Legionnaires' disease may cause:

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Legionnaires' disease: Onset and Incubation

Incubation period for Legionnaires' disease: usually 2 to 10 days

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The symptom information on this page attempts to provide a list of some possible signs and symptoms of Legionnaires' disease. This signs and symptoms information for Legionnaires' disease has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of Legionnaires' disease signs or Legionnaires' disease symptoms. Furthermore, signs and symptoms of Legionnaires' disease may vary on an individual basis for each patient. Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of any signs or symptoms and whether they are indeed Legionnaires' disease symptoms.


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