2 Las Vegas hotel guests contract Legionnaires’ disease according to : FOX 5 San Diego

In 2011, a person who stayed at the Luxor hotel in Las Vegas died after contracting Legionnaires' disease, the health district said. The guests who contracted the lung infection stayed separately in March and April at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, the Southern Nevada Health District said. Health officials contacted the hotel after determining the Rio was the only place the two patients stayed at while in Las Vegas, Bergtholdt said. Legionnaires' disease, a severe form of pneumonia, develops when people breathe small droplets of water infected with legionella bacteria, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Guests who stayed at the Rio more than two weeks ago and have not developed symptoms are not at risk for disease," the health district said in a statement.




Two recent hotel guests at the Rio contracted Legionnaires' disease, a lung infection that causes pneumonia-like symptoms. An unidentified man plays a slot machine at The Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, in this Dec. 3, 2004, file photo. Laura Rauch Associated Press File

Legionnaire's disease contracted at Rio Hotel in Las Vegas

2 recent guests at a Las Vegas resort hotel have contracted Legionnaires' disease, health officials say. Health District advises Rio Hotel guests to watch for symptomsThe SD Health District says that guests of the Rio Hotel should watch for symptoms approximately two weeks after exposure. AdvertisementsAdvertisementsOfficials said that the Rio Hotel are actively disinfecting affected rooms and water system with chlorine at very high temperatures. The Southern Nevada Health District confirmed in an announcement on Friday that two guests who stayed on two separate occasions at the #rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas in March and April contracted the airborne Legionnaire's disease. Legionnaires' disease is a type of pneumonia which is spread through the air and contracted when contaminated water droplets of the bacteria are inhaled.


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