Two Related Occupational Cases of Legionella longbeachae Infection, Quebec, Canada

Two Related Occupational Cases of Legionella longbeachae Infection, Quebec, Canada

Two patients with no exposure to gardening compost had related Legionella longbeachae infections in Quebec, Canada. Epidemiologic investigation and laboratory results from patient and soil samples identified the patients’ workplace, a metal recycling plant, as the likely source of infection, indicat...

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Main Authors: Marianne Picard-Masson, Élisabeth Lajoie, Judith Lord, Cindy Lalancette, Geneviève Marchand, Éric Levac, Marc-André Lemieux, Patricia Hudson, Louise Lajoie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Legionella longbeachae
Legionella
Legionnaires’ disease
legionellosis
occupational diseases
disease outbreaks
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/7/16-0184_article

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