November 20, 2017

Street Cleaning – a new risk factor for Legionella?

This is the first study linking Legionnaires’ disease to street cleaning (Emerg. Infect. Dis. 2017. vol. 23) A street cleaning worker in Barcelona was diagnosed with LD. Exposure to aerosolized water from the high-pressure hoses of cleaning trucks was the only risk factor identified in this case. An epidemiologic investigation revealed L. pneumophila serogroup 1 (LP SG1) in the tank […]