The Argentine Ministry of Health has confirmed that the Legionella bacterium is the cause of the outbreak … [+] which has already left 11 people sick and four dead. (Illustration: Getty) getty The mysterious outbreak of pneumonia in Tucumán, Argentina, i covered Forbes yesterdayIt’s not so mysterious anymore. According to an update by the Pan … Read more
Buenos Aires/New Delhi: Four recent deaths from pneumonia in Argentina were linked to Legionnaires’ disease by Tucuman health officials on Saturday, news agency ANI reported. According to the Buenos Aires Times, four people died of Legionnaires’ disease, a relatively rare bacterial ailment of the lungs, at a clinic in the northwestern province. Argentinian Health Minister … Read more
A third person died this week in Argentina from a type of pneumonia of unknown origin, with deaths so far limited to a single clinic, health authorities said on Thursday. Nine people in the northwestern province of Tucumán have contracted a mysterious respiratory illness, including eight members of the medical staff at the private clinic, … Read more
CHICAGO— The World Health Organization is monitoring a cluster of 10 cases of pneumonia of unknown cause in an outbreak in Argentina that has so far included three deaths. The cases are linked to a single private clinic in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán, located in the northwest of the country, according to … Read more
Fears of a deadly new viral outbreak have begun to spread after three people died in Argentina this week from a mysterious case of pneumonia. Six other people have also been infected with “pneumonia of unknown origin,” Argentine health officials reported. Of the nine people who have been infected, eight were health workers and one … Read more