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.
Ahead of Print -Two Related Occupational Cases of Legionella longbeachae Infection, Quebec, Canada - Volume 22, Number 7—July 2016 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC
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