Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City has stopped use of its tap water after traces of Legionella were found in it, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
A water test was conducted after a patient at the hospital was diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease, which is brought on by Legionella bacteria. It has not yet been determined whether the patient contracted Legionnaires' disease before or after his or her arrival at the hospital. The patient is undergoing antibiotic treatment.
Hospital officials tested more than 100 patients after the water test, all of which came back negative, according to the report.
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A water test was conducted after a patient at the hospital was diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease, which is brought on by Legionella bacteria. It has not yet been determined whether the patient contracted Legionnaires' disease before or after his or her arrival at the hospital. The patient is undergoing antibiotic treatment.
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Hospital officials tested more than 100 patients after the water test, all of which came back negative, according to the report.
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