TY - JOUR AU - Picard-Masson, Marianne AU - Lajoie, Élisabeth AU - Lord, Judith AU - Lalancette, Cindy AU - Marchand, Geneviève AU - Levac, Éric AU - Lemieux, Marc-André AU - Hudson, Patricia AU - Lajoie, Louise T1 - Two Related Occupational Cases of Legionella longbeachae Infection, Quebec, Canada T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 7 SP - 1289 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Two patients with no exposure to gardening compost had related Legionella longbeachae infections in Quebec, Canada. Epidemiologic investigation and laboratory results from patient and soil samples identified the patients’ workplace, a metal recycling plant, as the likely source of infection, indicating a need to suspect occupational exposure for L. longbeachae infections. KW - Legionella longbeachae KW - Legionella KW - Legionnaires’ disease KW - legionellosis KW - occupational diseases KW - disease outbreaks KW - epidemiology KW - bacteria KW - gram-negative bacteria KW - Canada KW - workplace DO - 10.3201/eid2207.160184 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/7/16-0184_article ER - End of Reference