Legionella pneumonia from a novel industrial aerosol.
After a worker from a plastics factory was diagnosed with legionella pneumonia it was learnt that a retired employee at the factory had been in hospital with a serious chest infection six months before and legionella pneumonia was diagnosed in retrospect from stored serum. The likeliest common source was a machine cooling system that took water from an uncovered water tank outdoors (from which Legionella pneumophila was isolated) and which generated an aerosol through a crack in the flow meter sight glass.
Allen
K W
KW
Barnsley and Doncaster Health Authorities. ken.allen@gw.barnsley-ha.trent.nhs.uk
Prempeh
H
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Osman
M S
MS
D000336:Aerosols; D004780:Environment, Controlled; D006801:Humans; D016952:Legionella pneumophila / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D014871:Water Microbiology
D000336:Aerosols