What does Legionella pneumophila antibody positive mean?

Legionella pneumophila antibody positive, indicating lung infection caused by Legionella lung acute inflammatory changes, mainly manifested as cough, expectoration, fever, severe symptoms of patients will show difficulty breathing, lungs can hear obvious dry and wet rales. Legionella pneumonia in clinical relatively rare, advocate early use of antibiotics to improve symptoms, shorten the course of disease, in clinical use of macrolides antibiotics to be anti-infective treatment, the course of treatment for 2-3 weeks. At the same time, during the illness, it is also recommended that patients pay more attention to rest, drink more warm boiled water, do not stay up late, and prevent spicy and stimulating food.