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. 2013 Dec 12;18(50):20656.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2013.18.50.20656.

Cluster of Legionnaires disease cases caused by Legionella longbeachae serogroup 1, Scotland, August to September 2013

A Potts  1 , M Donaghy, M Marley, R Othieno, J Stevenson, J Hyland, K G Pollock, D Lindsay, G Edwards, M F Hanson, K O Helgason
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Cluster of Legionnaires disease cases caused by Legionella longbeachae serogroup 1, Scotland, August to September 2013

A Potts et al. Euro Surveill. .
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Abstract

We report six confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease in Scotland caused by Legionella longbeachae serogroup 1, identified over a four-week period in August–September 2013. All cases required admission to hospital intensive care facilities. All cases were amateur gardeners with frequent exposure to horticultural growing media throughout their incubation period. L. longbeachae was identified in five samples of growing media linked to five cases. Product tracing did not identify a common product or manufacturer.

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