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Second Overlake patient diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease

Second Overlake patient diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease

A second person treated at Overlake Hospital Medical Center in September has tested positive for Legionnaires' disease, though health officials said Friday that it's not clear whether she acquired it at the facility.A second person treated at Overlake Hospital Medical Center in September has tested positive for Legionnaires' disease, though health officials said Friday it's not clear whether she acquired it at the facility.The patient, a King County woman in her 50s, was treated in the Overlake emergency department Sept. 23 and was hospitalized with Legionnaires' disease, a serious type of pneumonia, at a different hospital on Sept. 29, according to a blog posted by Public Health — Seattle & King County.She is recovering.


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Jefferson North worker diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease

Jefferson North worker diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease

Buy Photo FCA's Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit.(Photo: Romain Blanquart, Detroit Free Press)Buy PhotoFiat Chrysler says an employee at its Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit has been diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease.The automaker says in a statement Friday that it hasn't been determined where the employee may have come in contact with bacteria that cause the disease.FCA says that "out of an abundance of caution" the automaker is testing water sources at the plant.


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FCA testing water at Detroit plant after worker diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease

FCA testing water at Detroit plant after worker diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said Friday a worker at its Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit has contracted Legionnaires' disease.The automaker said in a statement that it's not clear if the employee was infected in the plant, but it has begun testing water sources at the factory."We have mobilized a team to begin testing water sources, and are following appropriate and established protocols at the plant.We are taking these extraordinary, proactive measures as a precaution," the statement said.