[Pontiac fever--non-pneumonic legionellosis]. 2003

Katarzyna Pancer, and Hanna Stypułkowska-Misiurewicz

Pontiac fever is a non-pneumonic, epidemic form of legionellosis. The symptoms are similar to flu: fever, tiredness, myalgia, arthralgia, headache, cough, sore throat and nausea. The incubation period is from 30 to 90 hours, approx. 36 h., the attack rate is high: 70-90%. There are no differences in sex and age of ill people, the same number of women and men or children were affected. Unfortunately, ill children symptoms might be differ: higher fever (40 C), lack of leukocytosis with left shift, shorten incubation period. The etiological agents are usually bacteria: Legionella pneumophila sg 1, sg 6 and Legionella micdadei. Diagnosis of Pontiac fever is after finding seroconversion or high titre of antibody to Legionella in serum samples or L. pneumophila antigen in urine sample. Pontiac fever cases are frequently found during epidemiological investigation of legionnaires' disease case. Detection of Pontiae fever might be a marker of contaminated with Legionella environment and a risk of live-threatened pneumonia.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007876 Legionellosis Infections with bacteria of the genus LEGIONELLA. Legionelloses
D008297 Male Males
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D005260 Female Females
D005334 Fever An abnormal elevation of body temperature, usually as a result of a pathologic process. Pyrexia,Fevers,Pyrexias
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000367 Age Factors Age as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or the effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from AGING, a physiological process, and TIME FACTORS which refers only to the passage of time. Age Reporting,Age Factor,Factor, Age,Factors, Age
D012307 Risk Factors An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn or inherited characteristic, which, based on epidemiological evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent. Health Correlates,Risk Factor Scores,Risk Scores,Social Risk Factors,Population at Risk,Populations at Risk,Correlates, Health,Factor, Risk,Factor, Social Risk,Factors, Social Risk,Risk Factor,Risk Factor Score,Risk Factor, Social,Risk Factors, Social,Risk Score,Score, Risk,Score, Risk Factor,Social Risk Factor
D016952 Legionella pneumophila A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria that is the causative agent of LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE. It has been isolated from numerous environmental sites as well as from human lung tissue, respiratory secretions, and blood.

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