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legionnaires disease associated with potable water in a hotel--ocean city, maryland, october 2003-february 2004.during october 2003-february 2004, eight cases (seven confirmed cases and one possible) of legionnaires disease (ld) were identified among guests at a hotel in ocean city, maryland. this report summarizes the subsequent investigation conducted by the worcester county health department (wchd), maryland department of health and mental hygiene (dhmh), and cdc, which implicated the potable hot water system of the hotel as the most likely source of infection. the detection of this outbreak underscore ...200515729216
a rural outbreak of legionnaires' disease linked to visiting a retail store.between may 7 and june 7, 1986, 27 residents of a rural county in maryland developed legionellosis, and two died. legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 was cultured from the sputum of two patients and identified in lung tissue of a third patient by direct fluorescent antibody staining. an additional 11 patients had four-fold rises in antibody titer to l. pneumophila, and 13 had single titers greater than or equal to 1:256. to determine risk factors for disease, we performed a case-control study. tw ...19902316763
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