"Legionella pneumophila" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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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D016952
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.400.425.450.450.500 B03.660.250.460.460.580
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Legionella pneumophila" by people in this website by year, and whether "Legionella pneumophila" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Legionella pneumophila" by people in Profiles.
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Priest PC, Slow S, Chambers ST, Cameron CM, Balm MN, Beale MW, Blackmore TK, Burns AD, Drinkovic D, Elvy JA, Everts RJ, Hammer DA, Huggan PJ, Mansell CJ, Raeder VM, Roberts SA, Robinson MC, Sathyendran V, Taylor SL, Thompson AW, Ussher JE, van der Linden AJ, Williams MJ, Podmore RG, Anderson TP, Barratt K, Mitchell JL, Harte DJ, Hope VT, Murdoch DR. The burden of Legionnaires' disease in New Zealand (LegiNZ): a national surveillance study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2019 07; 19(7):770-777.
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Critchley IA, Jones ME, Heinze PD, Hubbard D, Engler HD, Evangelista AT, Thornsberry C, Karlowsky JA, Sahm DF. In vitro activity of levofloxacin against contemporary clinical isolates of Legionella pneumophila, Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae from North America and Europe. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2002 Apr; 8(4):214-21.
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Aragon V, Kurtz S, Cianciotto NP. Legionella pneumophila major acid phosphatase and its role in intracellular infection. Infect Immun. 2001 Jan; 69(1):177-85.
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Aragon V, Kurtz S, Flieger A, Neumeister B, Cianciotto NP. Secreted enzymatic activities of wild-type and pilD-deficient Legionella pneumophila. Infect Immun. 2000 Apr; 68(4):1855-63.