Publications by authors named "Hakoum Shalak"
Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 infection associated with the use of an apartment building spa pool.
Commun Dis Intell (2018)
December 2022
Article Synopsis
- Legionnaires' disease is required to be reported in New South Wales, Australia, and a case linked to a communal spa pool in an apartment complex was investigated using whole genome sequencing.
- In February 2018, a man in his 60s was hospitalized with pneumonia due to Lp1 infection after using the communal spa pool, which was found to have low chlorine levels.
- Analysis showed a strong genetic connection between Lp1 found in the patient's sputum and the spa water, indicating that the pool was likely the source of infection and highlighting the need for regulation of such facilities.