Preliminary report: outbreak of Legionnaires disease in a hotel in Calp, Spain, update on 22 February 2012

Euro Surveill. 2012 Feb 23;17(8):20093.

Abstract

Research is ongoing on eighteen cases of Legionellosis, including four deaths, identified among tourists and employees in a hotel in Calp, Spain. Cases occurred during a period of two months, indicating the possibility of a point-source transmission at the hotel. An environmental investigation identified several positive samples in the hotel, which as a precautionary measure, was closed until requested improvements were made. Surveillance measures currently remain active.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Drinking Water / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Legionella pneumophila / isolation & purification
  • Legionnaires' Disease / diagnosis
  • Legionnaires' Disease / epidemiology*
  • Legionnaires' Disease / microbiology
  • Legionnaires' Disease / transmission
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Population Surveillance
  • Spain / epidemiology
  • Travel*

Substances

  • Drinking Water