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, indicating a need to suspect occupational exposure for L. longbeachae infections.
Marianne
M
Picard-Masson
Élisabeth
É
Lajoie
Judith
J
Lord
Cindy
C
Lalancette
Geneviève
G
Marchand
Éric
É
Levac
Marc-André
MA
Lemieux
Patricia
P
Hudson
Louise
L
Lajoie
D006801:Humans; D044128:Legionella longbeachae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007876:Legionellosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D011792:Quebec / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012988:Soil Microbiology
Canada; Legionella; Legionella longbeachae; Legionnaires’ disease; bacteria; disease outbreaks; epidemiology; gram-negative bacteria; legionellosis; occupational diseases; workplace