Legionella, the class of bacteria that cause Legionnaires' disease, live in bodies of fresh water.
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Nine days later, she had developed anemia and a high white blood cell count. In early June 2022, a biopsy of her transplanted lung tested positive forAfter the woman’s case was identified, doctors tested the recipient of the donor’s left lung, a man in his 60s who received the transplant at the same day at the same hospital.
The hospital’s well-maintained water system and lack of any other cases also pointed to an infection source outside the facility.
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