PMID: 8596266Feb 24, 1996Paper

Outbreak of Legionnaires' disease among cruise ship passengers exposed to a contaminated whirlpool spa

Lancet
D B JerniganR Breiman

Abstract

Outbreaks of travel-related Legionnaires' disease present a public-health challenge since rapid, sensitive, and specific diagnostic tests are not widely used and because detection of clusters of disease among travellers is difficult. We report an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease among cruise ship passengers that occurred in April, 1994, but that went unrecognised until July, 1994. After rapid diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease in three passengers by urine antigen testing, we searched for additional cases of either confirmed (laboratory evidence of infection) or probable Legionnaires' disease (pneumonia of undetermined cause). A case-control study was conducted to compare exposures and activities on the ship and in ports of call between each case-passenger and two or three matched control-passengers. Water samples from the ship, from sites on Bermuda, and from the ship's water source in New York City were cultured for legionellae and examined with PCR. 50 passengers with Legionnaires' disease (16 confirmed, 34 probable) were identified from nine cruises embarking between April 30 and July 9, 1994. Exposure to whirlpool spas was strongly associated with disease (odds ratio 16.2, 95% Cl 2.8-351:7); risk of acquiring Legionnaires'...Continue Reading

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