Dr George Christos

covid19 & other Infectious diseases

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  • Legionnaires Disease outbreak in Sydney CBD

    Legionnaires Disease outbreak in Sydney CBD

    There has been a legionnaires disease outbreak in Sydney CBD. The details of the outbreak are in the news report attached. I am more interested to know how it spread and what exactly it is. Legionnaires’ disease is a form of atypical pneumonia caused by any species of Legionella bacteria, quite often Legionella pneumophila. Signs and…