An outbreak of Legionella pneumonia originating from a cooling tower

Rie Isozumi; Yutaka Ito; Isao Ito; Makoto Osawa; Toyohiro Hirai; Syunji Takakura; Yoshitsugu Iinuma; Satoshi Ichiyama; Kazuhiro Tateda; Keizo Yamaguchi; Michiaki Mishima

doi:10.1080/00365540510012143

An outbreak of Legionella pneumonia originating from a cooling tower

Scand J Infect Dis. 2005;37(10):709-11. doi: 10.1080/00365540510012143.

Authors

Rie Isozumi¹, Yutaka Ito, Isao Ito, Makoto Osawa, Toyohiro Hirai, Syunji Takakura, Yoshitsugu Iinuma, Satoshi Ichiyama, Kazuhiro Tateda, Keizo Yamaguchi, Michiaki Mishima

Affiliation

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

PMID: 16191886
DOI: 10.1080/00365540510012143

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aerosols*
Air Conditioning / instrumentation*
Disease Outbreaks*
Humans
Japan
Legionella pneumophila / isolation & purification*
Legionnaires' Disease / epidemiology*
Male
Middle Aged
Occupational Exposure*
Waste Disposal, Fluid
Water Microbiology

Substances

Aerosols