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An outbreak of Legionella pneumonia originating from a cooling tower |
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| Authors: | Isozumi Rie Ito Yutaka Ito Isao Osawa Makoto Hirai Toyohiro Takakura Syunji Iinuma Yoshitsugu Ichiyama Satoshi Tateda Kazuhiro Yamaguchi Keizo Mishima Michiaki |
| Affiliation: | Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. |
| Abstract: | We report 2 cases of Legionella pneumonia in individuals who were exposed to aerosols during maintenance of a cooling tower at a waste processing plant. This report documents the first known occupation-related outbreak of Legionella pneumonia in Japan. |
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