| [legionnaires' disease is not uncommon in croatia]. | legionella pneumophila has been relatively frequent pathogen of pneumonias worldwide. it causes 2-15% of pneumonias requiring hospitalization. it appears sporadically and in outbreaks, and frequently as hospital-acquired infection. the main aim of this study is to show the permanent presence of legionnaires' disease in our country. in the 9-year period (1986-94), 42 patients were treated in the university hospital of infectious diseases "dr. fran mihaljevic" in zagreb. the disease was diagnosed ... | 1996 | 8965609 |