San Diego Condition College building shut down after man or woman identified with Legionnaire’s illness
San Diego State University introduced that “a campus neighborhood member” was diagnosed with Legionella pneumonia.
San Diego Point out University announced Monday afternoon that “a campus neighborhood member” was diagnosed with Legionella pneumonia.
San Diego State’s Work out and Dietary Sciences setting up was quickly closed although Environmental Health and fitness and Security teams labored intently with San Diego Health & Human Services Agency to identify and confirm the potential source and reports that a neighborhood member was diagnosed with Legionella pneumonia.
“Legionnaires’ condition is a serious type of pneumonia (lung infection) caused by Legionella bacteria. People can get sick when they breathe in small droplets of water or accidentally swallow water containing Legionella into the lungs,” according to the Centers for Condition Control and Prevention.
San Diego Point out officials did not clarify whether the diagnosed particular person was a student, staff, or faculty member at the university.
“The campus local community member is away from campus and recovering. At this time, it is unknown where the campus group member was exposed to Legionella bacteria but in an abundance of caution, the university is closing the ENS developing to perform testing,” SDSU officials said in a letter sent to students and staff.
“At this time, there is only a single case of Legionella pneumonia, and any connection to the campus is still unknown, but the college is taking extra precautions given the severity of the ailment,” the Environmental Well being and Security Department at SDSU shared.
San Diego Point out urged everyone on campus to monitor their health and fitness closely and not attend classes if symptoms of sickness were being experienced.
According to overall health officials, Legionnaire’s Illness is a severe form of pneumonia, although it is not contagious. People get sick inhaling microscopic water droplets containing the Legionella bacteria.
“The symptoms are fever and people will have a dry cough,” said Dr. Viji Sankar, Chief of Pulmonary Medicine at Kaiser Permanente.
“Usually it’s symptoms within 24 to 48 hours, cough, fever, shortness of breath. A classic presentation of pneumonia, without a lot of phlegm associated with it,” she added.
Exposure to contaminated water or soil usually causes Legionnaire’s Disease, according to Dr. Sankar, who said it is possible that the Physical exercise and Dietary Sciences building at SDSU has been shut down while they test the air conditioning system.
Last year in Napa County, at least a dozen people got sick from Legionnaire’s Illness and one individual died. In that outbreak, county public health officials detected an unsafe amount of Legionella bacteria in a hotel’s cooling tower…. soon after a number of people who live nearby became ill.
In 2017, an outbreak of Legionnaire’s illness near Disneyland led to 22 people getting sick and one individual dying. Most of those who fell ill had visited the park, and a overall health official later testified that mist from a cooling tower was the most likely source. Disneyland has denied this, saying that the outbreak’s source was not scientifically determined.
