Megan Young, Helen Smith, Bruce Gray, Ben Huang, Jackie Barten, Chris Towner, Sandy Plowman, Baharak Afshar, Bahavak Afshar, Norman Fry, Barry Blair, John Savill, Bradley McCall
Legionella pneumophila is an important cause of community-acquired pneumonia. Domestic sources of infection have been increasingly recognised among community-acquired cases. This report summarises the public health investigations and management of a single community-acquired case of Legionnaires' disease in Queensland, commenced in the context of a suspected outbreak. Legionellae from the case's domestic water supply were indistinguishable from the clinical isolate. The implications for future investigation of sporadic cases are discussed...
December 2005: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health