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CUDAHY - A
Milwaukee-area hospital says eight people who have been
patients there in the last month have been diagnosed with
Legionnaire's disease.
Adam Beeson
is a spokesman for Aurora St. Luke's South Shore in Cudahy.
He tells the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel none of the cases
has been fatal. He says every patient is receiving treatment
or has completed treatment.
Legionnaire's
disease is a form of pneumonia caused by waterborne
bacteria.
Beeson says
hospital officials were working Saturday to notify more than
1,000 former patients about the outbreak.
Beeson says
the source of the outbreak hasn't been identified. He says
officials have tested and treated water sources in the
hospital, and that the health department has told them the
facility is safe. |
