Argentina’s mystery pneumonia outbreak, where 11 people have been infected and four have succumbed to the illness, has finally been identified as Legionellosis by the country’s health ministry September 3, 2022.
Legionellosis is a “pneumonia-like illness that varies in severity from mild febrile illness to a serious and sometimes fatal form of pneumonia,” according to the WHO.
Patients presented with bilateral pneumonia, fever, myalgia, abdominal pain and dyspnea, with three of the four deaths occurring among healthcare workers.
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