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Legionnaires' bacillus
noun: a bacterium of the genus Legionella (L. pneumophila) that causes Legionnaires' disease
Legionnaires' disease
noun: pneumonia that is caused by a bacterium of the genus Legionella (L. pneumophila), that is characterized initially by symptoms resembling influenza (as malaise, headache, and muscular aches) followed by high fever, cough, diarrhea, lobar pneumonia, and mental confusion, and that may be fatal especially in elderly and immunocompromised individuals see pontiac fever
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