Legionella em Los Angeles - Mansão da Playboy

As últimas informações dão conta que a contaminação exitiu e pod ehaver um númro maior de infectados. O possível causador seria o equipamento de nebulização de água usado na festa. Este equipamento é muito utilizado (spray de água junto a um ventilador), inclusive em restaurantes, parques públicos, em algumas praias, etc... Este processo de spray é um dos mais perigosos para a proliferação da Legionella.

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Playboy Mansion Party Guests Sickened; 5 Facts About Legionellosis
It's not the disease you'd expect to pick up at the Playboy Mansion.

According to the Los Angeles Department of Health, the mysterious illness that sickened at least 170 people who attended a fundraiser at the Playboy Mansion on Feb. 3 is legionellosis. The Health Department has yet to confirm that the Playboy Mansion is the locus of the outbreak, however, as all the attendees who have fallen ill were also together at a conference in Santa Monica, Calif. Still, some guests of the event say they suspected that fumes from a smoke machine used at Hugh Hefner's famous pad made them ill.

With help from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Surge Desk rounded up a few facts on this airborne bacterium.