军团菌肺炎的英文名字叫Legionnaire Disease,也可译为“军团病”。说起其命名,还有一番来历。那是1976年,美国费城退伍军人集会,在此期间许多人突然出现发热、咳嗽、胸痛、腹泻和呼吸困难,绝大多数患者X线检查出现肺炎表现。在221名病人中死亡34例,病死率达15.4%。美国医学专家从死者的肺组织中发现一种引起肺炎的细 Legionella pneumonia is the English name of Legionnaire Disease, also translated as “Legionnaire’s disease.” Speaking of its name, there is some origin. That was 1976, a gathering of Philadelphia veterans in the United States, during which many people suddenly experienced fever, cough, chest pain, diarrhea, and dyspnea. The vast majority of patients had pneumonia on X-ray examination. In 221 patients died in 34 cases, the mortality rate of 15.4%. American medical experts found a fine pneumonia caused by the dead lung tissue