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Legionnaire's suspected cause of Argentina pneumonia deaths

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Lab tests suggest that Legionella bacteria are involved in an 11-person outbreak of unexplained pneumonia cases at a private medical clinic in Tucum�n. The bacteria Legionella pneumophila causes Legionnaires disease. Four people are currently hospitalised, two are receiving treatments outside the clinic and one person has been discharged.

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BBC News

Legionnaire's suspected cause of Argentina pneumonia deaths

Health officials believe the infectious pneumonia which killed four was caused by the rare lung disease.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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CTV News

Cause of pneumonia cluster in Argentina identified as legionella

A cluster of pneumonia cases in Tucuman, Argentina, was caused by legionella, the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease, the Pan American Health Organization said.

2 years ago·Canada

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Reuters

Legionnaires' outbreak linked as cause to pneumonia deaths in Argentina

Health authorities confirmed on Saturday that an infectious pneumonia outbreak which killed four people in northwest Argentina had died of Legionnaires' disease.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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CNN

Cause of pneumonia cluster in Argentina identified as legionella

A cluster of pneumonia cases in Tucumán, Argentina, was caused by legionella, the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease, the Pan American Health Organization said.

2 years ago·Atlanta, United States

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KIFI

Cause of pneumonia cluster in Argentina identified as legionella

A cluster of pneumonia cases in Tucumán, Argentina, was caused by legionella, the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease, the Pan American Health Organization said.As of Saturday, a total of 11 pneumonia cases had been identified as part of the outbreak associated with a health clinic in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán, including four deaths in patients with underlying health conditions, the organization said.The o…

2 years ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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South China Morning Post

Argentine health ministry links four deaths to Legionnaires’ disease

Health Minister Carla Vizzotti said Legionnaires’ had been identified as the underlying cause of double pneumonia in the four, who had suffered high fevers, body aches and trouble breathing.

2 years ago·Hong Kong

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