Furthermore, a recent publication by Allam et al. [39] involving 84 hospitalized patients with Legionella pneumonia reported that individuals admitted to the ICU with mechanical ventilation had increased levels of plasmatic MCP-1, MIP-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IFN-γ, TNF-α, and IL-17. The gene discussed is IL17A; the disease is Legionnaires' disease.