Hospital-Related Infection — United States
The State Health Department is investigating 4 cases of _Legionella_ infection, a [type of pneumonia], all treated at Queen’s Medical Center.
It [_Legionella_] went airborne from [contaminated] water through spraying, misting, and splashing.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] is also on board, trying to find out whether exposure came from inside [nosocomial] or outside the hospital [community-acquired].
People with weak immune systems are more vulnerable to
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