Legionella (Legionnaires' Disease and Pontiac Fever)
The NEW Legionellosis Extended Case Report Form allows able jurisdictions to collect expanded exposure and/or comorbidity information. This form can also be used for hypothesis-generation during case investigations.
What is Legionnaires’ disease?
Legionnaires’ (LEE-juh-nares) disease is a serious type of pneumonia (lung infection) caused by Legionella (LEE-juh-nell-a) bacteria. People can get sick when they breathe in small droplets of water or accidently swallow water containing Legionella into the lungs.