A private hospital in Hong Kong is investigating a potential link between a water dispenser and a case of legionnaires' disease. An 89-year-old patient at the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital is believed to have contracted the severe pneumonia-like illness from a contaminated dispenser. Samples from the hospital's water dispensers tested positive for Legionella bacteria, matching the strain found in the patient's respiratory specimen. The hospital has since removed the affected dispensers, and other patients on the same floor are being monitored. AI
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- Centre for Health Protection
- Happy Valley
- Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital
- Legionella
- Legionella pneumophila
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