Legionellosis Essays

Legionnaires A. In the Summer of 1976 at the American Legion Convention in Philadelphia, there was an outburst of a severe pneumonia like disease. About 200 people became ill and 29 of the people died. B. Scientist examined the victims bodies and tried to reconstruct their movements, to see what they had in common. Ex) Scientist observed that the symptoms of the victims were similar to pneumonia symptoms. All victims either had visited or were near the same hotel during the same ten- day period

pneumophila has suggested fastidious nutrient requirements, including ferric iron and L-cysteine. The family Legionellaceae consists of a single genus, Legionella. This genus includes the species Legionella pneumophila, the most frequent cause of human legionellosis and it known as Legionnaires’ disease. Hong Kong health officials reported today the death of a 65-year-old man due to Legionnaires’ disease (LD). The patient, with underlying diseases, had presented with fever, cough with sputum and shortness

bacteria. This bacteria is naturally found in fresh water, and thrives in warm bodies of water, its ideal growth temperature is 90 to 108 F. Exposure to this bacteria would cause one of two types of diseases the first would be Pontiac fever or Legionellosis. Pontiac fever is a milder version of the infections, symptoms can be very similar to the flu. This is a respiratory infection, which normal resolves on its own, without treatment. Many people who do become infected never

1.1.INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of study Sick building syndrome (SBS) is a phenomenon where people experience ill health symptom that occur in a building. The symptom of sick building symptom can be divided into mucous membrane symptoms related to eyes, nose and throat; dry skin; general symptoms of headache and lethargy (Brian & Nancy, 2010). SBS can give a big impact to human daily life and influence their life quality and work performances. Norhidayah,Lee,Azhar,Nurulwahida (2013) states that