Newborns Sickened with Legionnaire's Disease via Home Water Birth
Arizona investigators say better precautions needed to avoid the potentially deadly infection Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Childbirth, Legionnaires' Disease, Uncommon Infant and Newborn Problems (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
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Infants born in water births at risk of Legionnaires ’ disease, CDC says
Babies born during water births are at risk of contracting Legionnaires’ disease, a severe and potentially life-threatening form of pneumonia that infected two infants in Arizona last year. Both infants survived after receiving antibiotics. Infections among infants born in heated birthing pools are rare. So public health officials in Maricopa County were alarmed when they […]Related:Fathers sing more to daughters and roughhouse with sons, study finds8 things doctors are buzzing about at the biggest cancer meetingWHO creates controversial ‘reserve’ list of antibiotics for superbug threats (Source: Washin...
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - June 8, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Notes from the Field: Two Cases of Legionnaires ’ Disease in Newborns After Water Births — Arizona, 2016
(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - June 8, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Newborns Sickened With Legionnaire's Disease Via Home Water Birth: CDC
THURSDAY, June 8, 2017 -- Two cases in Arizona and one in Texas highlight a little-known danger of " water births " at home -- infant infections with Legionnaire ' s disease. " The risk for Legionella [bacteria] cannot be eliminated because of the need... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
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CDC: Legionella Present in Hospital, Nursing Home Plumbing
Effective water management, sanitation programs can reduce the risk of exposure (Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - June 7, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Infections, Internal Medicine, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pathology, Pulmonology, Institutional, Source Type: news
Health Care-Associated Legionnaires' Disease: Protect Patients with Prevention and Early Recognition
June 13, 2017 2-3pm ET. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - June 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Legionnaires' at Healthcare Sites Is Widespread
CDC: Legionnaires' at Healthcare Sites Is 'Widespread, Deadly' (Source: eMedicineHealth.com)
Source: eMedicineHealth.com - June 7, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
CDC Warns of Legionnaires' Disease in Healthcare Facilities' Water Supplies (FREE)
By Joe Elia
Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM
The CDC finds that roughly 20% of Legionnaires ' disease cases were probably or definitely acquired in healthcare facilities, according to an … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - June 7, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
CDC: Legionnaires' at Healthcare Sites Is'Widespread, Deadly'CDC: Legionnaires' at Healthcare Sites Is'Widespread, Deadly '
Among cases that originated in healthcare facilities, 80% were acquired in long-term care, 18% in hospitals, and 2% were linked to both. The disease kills 25% of people who get it at a healthcare site.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
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Legionnaires' Hiding in Hospital Plumbing Systems: CDC
Effective water management, sanitation programs can reduce the risk of exposure to this deadly bacteria (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - June 6, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Legionnaires' Hiding in Hospital Plumbing Systems
Effective water management, sanitation programs can reduce the risk of exposure to this deadly bacteria (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - June 6, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Legionnaires' Hiding in Hospital, Nursing Home Plumbing Systems: CDC
Effective water management, sanitation programs can reduce the risk of exposure to this deadly bacteria Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Legionnaires' Disease (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
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CDC Flags Hospitals' Stubborn Problem with Legionnaires' Disease
(MedPage Today) -- Most outbreaks preventable with properly designed and maintained water systems (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - June 6, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: news
CDC director: Too many Legionnaires cases in health care settings
Over forty years ago, a group of American Legionnaires returning from a convention in Philadelphia were sickened with a mystery respiratory disease. Sadly, some died, and many others were hospitalized. This sudden illness prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to launch the agency's largest outbreak investigation to date, sending more than twenty disease detectives into the field to try to find the source and activating hundreds at headquarters to evaluate specimens in order to find the source of the severe pneumonia. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - June 6, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Legionnaires' Hiding in Hospital, Nursing Home Plumbing Systems: CDC
TUESDAY, June 6, 2017 -- Deadly Legionnaires ' disease is lurking in the water systems of hospitals, nursing homes and long-term care facilities, putting the most vulnerable patients at risk, U.S. health officials said Tuesday.
About 10 percent of... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
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