(ANSA) – LECCE, 29 AUG – Second case of legionella at Vito Fazzi in Lecce. After that of a patient hospitalized in Infectious Diseases who tested positive but asymptomatic, the second case was recorded in a patient hospitalized in the Oncology department.
From what we learn from medical sources, this time symptomatic although his conditions from the point of view of the invention do not cause concern. Furthermore, in a note the ASL denies that, regarding the case reported in a press article today, of a patient who died at Fazzi from legionella, “the patient was infected in hospital. The symptoms and radiological findings of severe pneumonia, which then led to specific analyses, were in fact already present at the time of admission”.
In the Medical Oncology Department – it is reported – the water is regularly and daily flushed, as per the Medical Management Protocol, with periodic checks and possible replacement of the antibacterial filters by specialized companies appointed by the Medical Management. (ANSA).
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