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Dr. Barry Fields, CDC

The purpose of this website is to provide public health professionals, clinicians, laboratorians, and other allied health fields with background information, clinical information, investigation guidance, and resources about Legionnaires' disease and Pontiac fever cases or potential outbreaks.

Information for Specific Groups and Settings:

• Clinicians and Health Care Setting
  

  Clinical evaluation and management
  •	Top ten things for clinicians
  •	Patient fact sheet
  •	Case report form 21KB

• References and helpful links
  

  •	References
  •	European Working Group for Legionella Infections (EWGLI)
  ELITE Program Environmental Legionella Isolation Techniques Evaluation (ELITE)
  •	Overview
  •	Frequently Asked Questions
  •	ELITE Program Pilot Study
  •	ELITE Application NEW

  
  
  
  
  
  

• Health Departments
  

  •	Frequently Asked Questions
  •	Patient fact sheet
  Epidemiologic investigation tools
  •	Sample questionnaires 10KB
  •	Sample Legionella interview 21KB
  •	Sample letter to hotels
  •	Case report form 21KB
  •	Sample Environmental Assessment of Water Systems 148KB

  
  Specimen collection and management
  

  Environmental testing 3.7MB
  •	Download: Procedures for the Recovery of Legionella from the environment
  •	Sampling Protocol 901KB
  •	Procedures for collecting and processing
  •	Potential Sampling Sites

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