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

Hospital-Related Infection -- United StatesAll 4 patients had _Legionella pneumophila_ pneumonia and _L. pneumophila_ has been isolated from environmental samples. Molecular testing is pending. --Jeffrey S. Duchin, MDHealth Officer and Chief, Communicable Disease Epidemiology & Immunization SectionPublic Health - Seattle and King County Professor in Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Washington Adjunct Professor, School of Public HealthSeattle, Washington[ProMED-mail thanks Read more [...]