PRO/EDR> Legionellosis – USA (16): (WA) nosocomial, fatal, comment

Hospital-Related Infection — United States
All 4 patients had _Legionella pneumophila_ pneumonia and _L. pneumophila_ has been isolated from environmental samples. Molecular testing is pending.

Jeffrey S. Duchin, MD
Health Officer and Chief, Communicable Disease Epidemiology & Immunization Section
Public Health – Seattle and King County
Professor in Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Washington
Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health
Seattle, Washington

[ProMED-mail thanks Dr. Jeff Duchin