Journal article
Two Cases of Legionnaires’ disease following exposure to a hot tub at a private residence – Ontario, 2021
Abstract
On September 10, 2021, the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit in Ontario, Canada, received a case report of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 in a patient (case 1) hospitalized for pneumonia. A second case (case 2) within the same household was also identified. Case 1 was laboratory diagnosed by urine antigen testing, whereas case 2 was diagnosed by PCR and culture from a respiratory specimen collected from case 2, both at …
Authors
Majury A; Murphy A; Mayer B; Singh R; Azad M; Kim JH; Chung R; Mallo GV; Li A; Bi Y
Journal
Environmental Health Review, Vol. 65, No. 4, pp. 119–122
Publisher
Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors
Publication Date
December 2022
DOI
10.5864/d2022-025
ISSN
0319-6771