Attorney Fred Pritzker recently won a settlement against a hotel for Legionnaires’ Disease (LD, also referred to as Legionellosis). Now he and his Bad Bug Law Team® are investigating an LD outbreak at the Springhill Suites by Marriott in Altamonte Springs, Florida.
This new outbreak has sickened at least three people and potentially exposed thousands of others, according to WKMG. The Seminole County Health Department is contacting all guests who have stayed at the hotel since September 2014 to notify them of the outbreak. LD is caused by breathing in water mist that contains bacteria called Legionella.
Health officials are alerting guests of the hotel to the dangers of the disease, which causes Legionella pneumonia and can be fatal for those with weakened immune systems. This is an infection of the lungs with initial symptoms of the following:
- fever
- cough
- fatigue
- confusion
- aches and
- lung inflammation.
These usually appear 2 to 14 after exposure. Anyone who stayed at the Springhill Suites by Marriott in Altamonte Springs, Florida, and now has these symptoms should see a doctor right away and mention exposure to Legionella bacteria.
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Because Legionnaires’ disease is transmitted by inhaling contaminated water mist, possible sources at a hotel include a shower, bath tub, faucet, whirlpool/hot tub, swimming pool, fountain, air conditioning unit, and cooling towers for the air conditioning system. All water systems at the hotel have since been sanitized with a shock treatment and it has been cleared to remain open.
LD cannot be transmitted from person to person.
Between 8,000 to 18,000 Americans are hospitalized each year with LD. The condition is so-named because it was first discovered when an outbreak of pneumonia struck an American Legion convention in 1976.