GROVE CITY, Ohio (AP) – A doctor has died of legionellosis at a recently opened hospital in central Ohio.
The Mount Carmel health system said the patient, who died Sunday, was one of seven people diagnosed with the disease after being hospitalized in Mount Carmel Grove City. However, Dr. Richard Streck, head of clinical operations of the system, said that it was too early to determine the final cause of death.
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Follow the steps played by Red Valley Centenary Hospital during the recent legionnaires' disease at Seven Oaks Home for the Aged. (Photo by Ron Bull / Toronto Star via Getty Images)
DROCOURT, FRANCE: Dr. Ramin Roboubi, head of the pneumology department of Henin-Beaumont Polyclinic, examines X-rays of a patient with legionellosis on December 31, 2003. Twenty patients out of 50 enrolled were treated in this clinic . Ten are still hospitalized. (AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE HUGUEN)
Illustrated postcard shows the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the early 1900s. In 1976, the hotel was the site of the first outbreak of legionellosis, previously unknown and deadly disease. (Photo by Vintage Images / Getty Images)
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Streck says the hospital is working with state and county health authorities to identify the source of the bacteria. He says tests are underway, water restrictions and additional disinfection of the water supply.
Streck advises patients who develop cough, muscle aches, headache, fever or shortness of breath after hospitalization to contact their primary care physician.
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