Category: Legionnaires disease
WHO: Legionellosis outbreak in Tucuman, Argentina
“Further analyses of two bronchoalveolar lavage samples by highly sensitive total DNA sequencing found readings compatible with Legionella spp.”. More...
Argentina: Two more deaths linked to pneumonia cluster in Tucuman + 8 NEW PATIENTS
The Argentinian authorities have announced two more patient deaths from the cluster of pneumonia cases that was announced last week. More...
Argentina: Eleven cases of pneumonia, four dead, legionella bacteria confirmed
“..some of the samples sent to Malbrán confirmed that the name of the bacteria that produces this outbreak of bilateral pneumonia … is legionella pneumophila“..