Legionella suspected as cause of illness killing 4, sickening 7 in Argentina
STORY: Legionella suspected as cause of illness killing 4, sickening 7 in Argentina
DATELINE: Sept. 4, 2022
LENGTH: 0:01:39
LOCATION: Buenos Aires
CATEGORY: HEALTH
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Argentine Health Minister Carla Vizzotti said on Saturday that Legionella may be the cause of the illness that has killed four and sickened 7 in the country.
The main symptoms include pneumonia, fever and abdominal pain.
"We have preliminary information, the definitive confirmation remains to be done through serological studies. In 4 samples (3 respiratory samples and a biopsy puncture of one of the deceased patients) the genome of the Legionella bacteria was detected, pending its typification (the suspicion is that it is Legionella pneumophila," said Vizzotti in a press conference.
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Buenos Aires.
(XHTV)
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