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Legionnaires' disease: a rare entity in Puerto Rico?
K Príncipe Rodríguez1, W Rodríguez Cintrón
1Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases Training Program, San Juan Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal
|January 5, 2002
Abstract:
Legionnaires' disease is a severe, often fatal pneumonia, caused by Legionella pneumophila. Its incidence is reported about 6%. In Puerto Rico, there is no data available of the prevalence of Legionnaires' disease. A case of Legionnaires' is presented as well as data to support that the prevalence in our Island is higher than the reported elsewhere.