Two Related Occupational Cases of Legionella longbeachae Infection, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

Two patients with no exposure to gardening compost had related Legionella longbeachae infections in Quebec, Canada. Epidemiologic investigation and laboratory results from patient and soil samples identified the patients’ workplace, a metal recycling plant, as the likely source of infection, indicating a need to suspect occupational exposure for L. longbeachae infections.

Keywords

• Legionella longbeachae
• Legionella
• Legionnaires’ disease
• legionellosis
• occupational diseases
• disease outbreaks