Three Cincinnati hospital patients test positive for Legionella: reports
An Ohio hospital has switched to bottled water for staff, patients and guests after three patients recently tested positive for the presence of Legionella. Read the full article here
Legionella bacteria now detected at Tartu’s Aura Waterpark
The Legionella pneumophila bacteria, which can cause a serious form of pneumonia, has now been detected in a shower cubicle at Tartu’s Aura Waterpark. Last week, the Estonian Health Board closed Tartu V Spa after high levels of the same bacteria were found there. Read the full article here
An upscale inn rarely changed the communal bathwater. A probe found 3,700 times the standard limit of legionella bacteria
World An upscale inn rarely changed the communal bathwater. A probe found 3,700 times the standard limit of legionella bacteria. February 28, 2023 / 2:54 PM / CBS/AFP The head of an upscale Japanese inn apologized on Tuesday for only changing the water in its hot-spring bath every six months, allowing bacteria to breed 3,700… Read more »
CFB Kingston employee contracts Legionnaires disease at base warehouse
It was early December last year that it became known that a CFB Kingston employee had contracted Legionnaires disease. Read the full article here
CCNO confirms inmate tested positive for Legionnaires’ disease
WILLIAMS COUNTY, Ohio (WTVG) – Officials at the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio have confirmed that an inmate has tested positive for Legionnaires’ disease. Read the full article here
Legionnaire’s Disease Cases Connected to American Cruise Lines
Three past cases of Legionnaire’s disease have been linked to American Cruise Lines’ vessels American Heritage and American Star. Though the cases occurred in 2021, according to the FDA the cruise line has not adequately addressed the situation. Read the full article here
Legionella bacteria found in Scots hospital water with services moved elsewhere
A Scottish hospital has closed its maternity unit and a 24-hour minor injuries centre after lethal bacteria was found in the water system. Read the full article here
San Diego State University reports Legionnaire’s disease case, closes campus building
SAN DIEGO (CNS) – San Diego State University closed its Exercise and Nutritional Sciences building Monday as it investigates a reported case of Legionnaires’ disease in a “campus community member.” Read the full article here
Laboratory surveillance of paediatric bloodstream infections and antimicrobial resistance in England: 2017 to 2021
Health Protection ReportVolume 17 Number 124 January 2023 Read the full article here
Teacher retired after Legionnaires’ disease left him in intensive care
A teacher nearly died and is still suffering ill-health a year-and-a-half after he is thought to have contracted Legionnaires’ disease from the shower during a four-star hotel stay. Gary McClellan, 68, spent several days in hospital in intensive car after developing the disease and deteriorated so much his family “feared the worst”. Read the full… Read more »
