Sea water whirlpool spa as a source of Legionella infection

• Main Authors: Dijana Tomic Linsak (Author), Darja Kese (Author), Dalibor Broznic (Author), Darija Vukic Lusic (Author), Arijana Cenov (Author), Milan Moric (Author), Ivana Gobin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: IWA Publishing, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Bacterial pneumonia caused by the inhalation of aerosols contaminated with Legionella spp. is also known as Legionnaires' disease. In this study, we report a case of pneumonia caused by Legionella pneumophila sg.1 in a 58-year-old man who visited a sea water-filled whirlpool within a hotel and...