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Suspected Legionella Transmission from a Single Donor to Two Lung Transplant Recipients - Pennsylvania, May 2022
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), 15.09.2023
Tilføjet 15.09.2023
This report describes two cases of Legionnaires\' disease reported in patients who each received a lung transplant from the same donor.
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PRO/EDR> Legionellosis - Europe (05): Sweden, increase, 2022
ProMED, 16.05.2023
Tilføjet 16.05.2023
Legionnaires\' -- SwedenLast year [2022], a record number of Swedes -- 216 people -- fell ill with _Legionella infection_. The largest outbreak, with a total of 4 patients, was caused by an electric heating stove in a hotel. The reasons behind the upward trend are unknown.There are so many factors that can have an influence, that it becomes very speculative, says Caroline Schönning, investigator at the Public Health Agency. On average, the number of infected people in Sweden has increased by 7 percent per year
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PRO/EDR> Legionellosis - Americas (09): Argentina (BA) nosocomial, RFI
ProMED, 11.05.2023
Tilføjet 11.05.2023
Legionnaires\' -- ArgentinaA case of legionellosis, caused by _Legionella_ bacteria, was detected in a hospital in La Plata, and due to the speed with which the condition, which can become lethal, can spread, the cleaning protocols and search for possible infections were activated. The authorities of the health center of the San Martín de la Plata Hospital confirmed the case of legionellosis in the bone marrow transplant unit (UTMO), so the patient is now in intensive care.According to a statement from the
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PRO/EDR> Legionellosis - Europe (03): France (AO) RFI
ProMED, 5.05.2023
Tilføjet 5.05.2023
Legionnaires\' -- FranceMystery in the Ardennes. Since 10 Feb 2023, at least 15 cases of legionellosis have been diagnosed in Charleville-Mézières (Ardennes) and its agglomeration, the Grand-Est regional health agency [ARS] announced in a press release. According to the health authorities, the people concerned are aged \'50 to 89 years.\' For the time being, the experts have not been able to identify the cause of these contaminations. Research is still ongoing.All those infected with _Legionella_, the bacteria
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PRO/EDR> Legionellosis - Europe: Estonia, spas, RFI
ProMED, 25.03.2023
Tilføjet 25.03.2023
Legionnaires' -- EstoniaA total of 8 people have contracted legionellosis in Estonia this year [2023]. The bacteria's samples were positive in the Tartu apartment building.A Legionellosis [outbreak] recently broke out in Tartu, but the health board emphasizes that it is not a large-scale outbreak and that a healthy person is generally not threatened by the _Legionella_ bacteria.At the beginning of March [2023], it was revealed that the Health Board detected _Legionella_ bacteria in the samples taken from the
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Tap water as the source of a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak spread to several residential buildings and one hospital, Finland, 2020 to 2021
Eurosurveillance latest updates, 16.03.2023
Tilføjet 18.03.2023
In Finland, all microbiology laboratories notify Legionella findings and physicians notify Legionnaires’ disease (LD) cases to the National Infectious Disease Register. All cases are interviewed, and water samples obtained from potential places of exposure. Legionella isolates from humans and water are compared by whole genome sequencing (WGS). In March 2021, Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 (Lp 1) pneumonia cases increased in one Finnish city (120,000 inhabitants) where single LD cases are detected annually. We identified 12 LD cases, nine living in different residential buildings and three nosocomial, linked by identical human and/or water isolates. Three of these cases were from January 2020, October 2020 and February 2021 and identified retrospectively. Eleven were diagnosed by urinary antigen test, 10 by PCR and five by culture; age ranged between 52 and 85 years, and 10 had underlying diseases. Nine of 12 homes of LD cases and 15 of 26 water samples from the hospital were positive for Lp 1, with concentrations up to 640,000 cfu/L. Water samples from regional storage tanks were negative. Positivity in homes and the hospital suggested inadequate maintenance measures. Enhanced surveillance combined with WGS was crucial in detecting this unusual LD outbreak related to domestic and hospital water systems.
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PRO/EDR> Legionellosis - USA (05): (OH) nosocomial, RFI
ProMED, 13.03.2023
Tilføjet 13.03.2023
Hospital-Related Infection -- United StatesIncreased water testing protocols are in effect at The Christ Hospital in Mt. Auburn after 3 patients recently tested positive for the presence of _Legionella_, according to a hospital spokesperson._Legionella_ is 'a common organism routinely found in the public water supply,' the spokesperson said late Friday [10 Mar 2023]. It isn't clear whether those patients are diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease, a serious type of pneumonia caused by _Legionella_ bacteria. The hospital has not
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PRO/EDR> Legionellosis - USA (02): (MN) apartment building for the elderly
ProMED, 10.01.2023
Tilføjet 10.01.2023
Legionnaires' -- United StatesThe Minnesota Department of Health has issued a health advisory after 2 cases of Legionnaires' disease were contracted at Woodland Garden Apartments [a Duluth senior apartment building]. The cases, which were diagnosed in October [2022] and December [2022], are believed to have the same source of exposure, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. 'Two cases of Legionella with a common apartment building is concerning as outbreaks in this setting are relatively rare,' MDH said in its
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PRO/EDR> Legionellosis - USA (16): (AL) condominium complex, RFI
ProMED, 18.12.2022
Tilføjet 18.12.2022
Legionnaires' -- United StatesThe Alabama Department of Public Health [ADPH] is investigating cases of _Legionella_ disease linked to a condominium complex in Baldwin County. State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris said the ADPH is not aware of any serious illnesses from the outbreak. _Legionella_ is not spread person to person. People are infected by breathing a mist or vapor containing the bacteria.'There have been a little over a dozen people so far that we know about over several months,' Harris told the State
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PRO/EDR> Legionellosis - USA (15): (NYC) fatal, nursing home, RFI
ProMED, 17.11.2022
Tilføjet 17.11.2022
Legionnaires' -- United StatesA total of 5 people died of Legionnaires' disease over the summer [2022] at a New York City nursing home that had been cited repeatedly for improper maintenance of the cooling towers where the _Legionella_ bacteria can spread, The New York Times reported.The outbreak at Amsterdam Nursing Home, a 409-bed facility in upper Manhattan, was the city's worst since 2015 when a cooling tower in the Bronx was blamed for an infection that caused 16 deaths.The home has restricted water use since
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Energibesparelse kan give vækst af Legionella i varmtvandssystemer
Statens Serum Institut, 3.10.2022
Tilføjet 3.10.2022
Danskerne skal passe på, at deres forsøg på at spare på energien og pengepungen ikke fører til vækst af Legionella her under den aktuelle energikrise. Statens Serum Institut advarer mod, at man sænker temperaturen for meget.
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