An outbreak of Legionella pneumonia originating from a cooling tower.
We report 2 cases of Legionella pneumonia in individuals who were exposed to aerosols during maintenance of a cooling tower at a waste processing plant. This report documents the first known occupation-related outbreak of Legionella pneumonia in Japan.
Isozumi
Rie
R
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Ito
Yutaka
Y
Ito
Isao
I
Osawa
Makoto
M
Hirai
Toyohiro
T
Takakura
Syunji
S
Iinuma
Yoshitsugu
Y
Ichiyama
Satoshi
S
Tateda
Kazuhiro
K
Yamaguchi
Keizo
K
Mishima
Michiaki
M
D000336:Aerosols; D000389:Air Conditioning / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D016952:Legionella pneumophila / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid; D014871:Water Microbiology
D000336:Aerosols