Caso de Legionella na ARGENTINA

Hospital in Argentina, Feb 2013

In late March, the Argentinian Ministry of Health confirmed that Legionnaires' disease caused the February deaths of two nurses who worked at a hospital in Carmen de Areco. The government had initially reported influenza A as the cause of the two deaths. At least nine patients of the hospital were also diagnosed with Legionnaires'. Legionella was found in the hospital's plumbing system.