Legionella
E-news -- 21
July 1999
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**IN
THIS ISSUE**
1. Outbreaks
update
2. New
Legionella
Electronic
Source
Directory
3. Plastics
injection
molding
alert
4. Paper
on
Legionella-like
amebal
pathogens
(LLAPs)--LLAPs
may be the
cause
of some of
the 250,000
pneumonia
cases of
unidentified
origin that
occur each
year in the
U.S.
1.
OUTBREAKS
UPDATE
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---Hospital,
Havre de
Grace,
Maryland,
USA, 5
cases, 3
deaths
---
Five cases
have been
identified
since 26
June. Three
patients
have died.
Investigators
believe that
the
hospital's
hot-water
system was
the source.
---Hotel,
Belgium ---
Four cases
(age range
42 to 86
years) have
been
identified.
Each of the
four had
stayed at
least one
night in the
same
hotel.
--Spa
resort,
Spain ---
Two
confirmed
and six
suspected
cases of
Legionnaires'
disease were
identified
among people
who were
staying at a
natural spa
resort in
the province
of
Guipúzcoa
between 1
and 22 May
1999.
--Flower
show, The
Netherlands,
Mar. 1999
---
Update: As
of 28 June
1999, Dutch
health
authorities
confirmed
that 242
people who
visited the
large flower
show near
Amsterdam
became ill
and 28 died.
The strain
of
Legionella
found in a
whirlpool
spa that was
on display
at the show
was
identical to
that found
in some of
the
patients.
For
more
information
on these
outbreaks,
visit
http://www.hcinfo.com/outbreaks-news.htm
2.
New
Legionella
Electronic
Source
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This
international
directory is
a
compilation
of all our
Legionella
publication
source
directories--updated--plus
more.
Listings, as
applicable,
include the
organization
name,
contact
name,
address,
telephone,
fax, e-mail
address, and
web site
address. The
directory
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page--you
can click on
an e-mail
address to
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message, or
click and go
instantly to
a web site.
You can save
the
directory on
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computer. No
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Categories
include:
Laboratories
that culture
environmental
samples for
Legionella,
Consultants,
Attorneys
experienced
in handling
Legionnaires'
cases,
Government
agencies,
Professional
societies,
Thermostatic
master
control
valves and
antiscald
fixtures,
Thermometer
for checking
water
temperatures,
Dip slide
suppliers,
Disinfection
systems for
plumbing
systems and
industrial
applications
(Copper-silver
ionization,
Ultraviolet,
Ozone),
Sampling
supplies,
Products
used by
laboratories
for
culturing,
Rapid
urinary
antigen test
for L
pneumophila
serogroup 1.
The source
directory
downloads in
about 20
seconds
(download
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Price:
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3.
Plastics
injection
molding
alert
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(US)
OSHA issued
a Health
Hazard Alert
recently
regarding
Legionnaires'
disease risk
from
plastics
injection
molding. The
alert is
posted at
http://www.osha-slc.gov/OshDoc/HIB_data/HIB19981209.html
. (Many
thanks to
Kevin
Cummins for
bringing
this to our
attention.)
4.
Paper on
Legionella-like
amebal
pathogens (LLAPs)
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In
"Legionella-Like
Amebal
Pathogens--Phylogenetic
Status and
Possible
Role in
Respiratory
Disease"
(EID Vol 2,
No. 3,
1996),
authors
Adenike
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