channel 3000 : reported that 2 Las Vegas hotel guests contract Legionnaires' disease

In 2011, a person who stayed at the Luxor hotel in Las Vegas died after contracting Legionnaires' disease, the health district said. Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau via CNN(CNN) - Two recent guests at a Las Vegas resort have contracted Legionnaires' disease, officials said Friday. 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. "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.

Legionnaires' disease sickens 2 Las Vegas hotel guests

Story highlights Water at Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino tested positive for legionella bacteriaGuests who got sick stayed at the Las Vegas hotel in March and April(CNN) Two recent guests at a Las Vegas resort have contracted Legionnaires' disease, officials said Friday. 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. 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. Guests were relocated from rooms served by that system, and those rooms won't be occupied until the system is properly flushed, he said. The hotel is disinfecting the system with chlorine, Bergtholdt said.

2 guests at Las Vegas hotel contract Legionnaires' disease

Two guests who stayed separately at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, in March and April both contracted Legionnaires' disease while at the resort, according to the Southern Nevada Health District. Mark Bergtholdt, the district's environmental health supervisor, said that the hotel has relocated guests staying in rooms serviced by the compromised water system and is using chlorine to cleanse it. Legionnaires' disease is a serious type of pneumonia that can result in lung failure and even death. "Out of an abundance of caution, we are relocating guests from room where remediation actions are being undertaken." More from :Kourtney Kardashian hits Miami Beach in high-waisted white swimsuitHollywood Secrets: A haunted Los Angeles hotel was a favorite of U.S. presidentsRussia reportedly investigating mysterious deaths of 2 North Koreans in Moscow hotel


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