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OUTBREAK OF LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE FROM A COOLING WATER SYSTEM IN A POWER STATION.

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DESCRIPTION OF 6 CASES OF PNEUMONIA WHICH OCCURRED BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 1981 ON A POWER STATION BEING BUILT. DIAGNOSIS OF LEGIONELLA PNEUMONIA FOR THREE CASES ; TWO CASES HAVE SEROLOGY, SUGGESTING AN INFECTION BY THIS MICROORGANISM ; NO POSITIVE SEROLOGY WAS FOUND IN A GROUP OF MEN WORKING IN AN ADJACENT SITE. THE CONTROL CASESTUDY INVOLVES FOUR LOW CAPACITY COOLING TOWERS, IN THE WATER OF WHICH LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA OF SEROGROUP 1 WERE ISOLATED. THE WATER FOR THESE TOWERS HAD NOT BEEN TREATED AGAINST CORROSION OR THE GROWTH OF MICROORGANISMS: THIS APPEARS TO BE RESPONSIBLE OF AIR CONTAMINATION. THIS IS THE FIRST OUTBREAK OF LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE OBSERVED IN AN INDUSTRIAL SITE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. NO CASE HAS OCCURRED SINCE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES WERE TAKEN. (Bull. Doc. INRS, FR., 14, N 1, 1987, 34, 87-88.

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  • Original title: OUTBREAK OF LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE FROM A COOLING WATER SYSTEM IN A POWER STATION.
  • Record ID : 1987-1935
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Br. J. ind. Med. - vol. 43 - n. 9
  • Publication date: 1986

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