USA -2 Cardiac Patients at UW Medical Center Diagnosed with Legionnaires’ Disease; 1 Dead.

Food Poisoning Bulletin 

Two patients who were admitted to the University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC)’s cardiac unit in late August were subsequently diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease, a severe form of pneumonia which can be fatal in up to 50% of hospital-acquired cases. While one of these unnamed patients was treated and released, the other patient – a resident of Benton County – has died