AFP
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News from the NOS•yesterday, 22:09
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The mysterious instances of double pneumonia in an Argentine personal clinic they surface to be the outcome of an outbreak of Legionella. This is verified by the Argentine Minister of Wellness, Carla Vizzotti.
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Eleven people had been infected with the Legionella bacterium in the clinic in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán in the next 50 % of August. Due to the fact then four of them have died, one more four have develop into so unwell that they have been hospitalized.
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For a long time it was unclear what caused the people and personnel of the clinic to come to be ill. They had ailments these types of as fever, abdominal agony, and respiratory difficulties. It was obvious that the grievances were not induced by corona, flu, or the hanta virus.
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In the clinic, in latest days, specialists have been investigating the origin of the bacterial infections. Among other matters, the h2o and air conditioning in the making ended up checked. Samples have been also taken from patients and despatched to the Countrywide Institute of Microbiology in Buenos Aires.
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The institute confirmed right now that it is the Legionella bacterium. It has not however been identified what kind of bacterium it is.
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