This anteroposterior x-ray from 1976 revealed bilateral pulmonary infiltrates in a patient with Legionnaires' disease. Legionnaires' disease was discovered after an outbreak at a Philadelphia convention of the American Legion in 1976. It is a type of pneumonia caused by Legionella pneumophila bacteria. Color enhanced.

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