[An outbreak of legionnaires' disease in the Danish community in Rome: clinical-therapeutic-epidemiologic aspects]

F Spinazzola; G Demartino; V Puro; C D'Amato; G Visco

[An outbreak of legionnaires' disease in the Danish community in Rome: clinical-therapeutic-epidemiologic aspects]

Riv Eur Sci Med Farmacol. 1990 Jun;12(3):185-9.

[Article in Italian]

Authors

F Spinazzola¹, G Demartino, V Puro, C D'Amato, G Visco

Affiliation

¹ USL RM/10, Ospedale Lazzaro Spallanzani, Roma.

PMID: 2101168

Abstract

The authors report five Danish patients affected by Legionnaire's disease observed during the 1987 spring. They focus on the epidemiological, clinical, and therapeutic aspect of the outbreak.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Denmark / ethnology
Disease Outbreaks
Female
Humans
Italy
Legionnaires' Disease / drug therapy*
Legionnaires' Disease / epidemiology
Legionnaires' Disease / transmission
Male
Middle Aged
Rome