Four Legionnaires’ Outbreaks in 2018

Sarasota County, Florida • February 2018 Legionella bacteria was positively identified in Sarasota County by the Florida Department of Health. Legionnaires’ disease was first diagnosed at IslandWalk by Dr. Ahmed Farooq, an infectious disease physician at Venice Regional Bayfront Health, who called the health department after he found the first case, then determined that the […]

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