The doctors said that test was conducted at the hospital’s own laboratory and also at the Tucuman’s provincial’s health laboratory numerous times involving specimens from all the infected cases and Legionnaires' disease had been ruled out as there was no presence of the bacteria Legionella pneumophila.įurthermore, the doctors at Eva Peron hospital claimed that the symptoms, disease progression and also other clinical and specimen biochemistry manifestations did not match that of a typical infection by Legionella pneumophila. The doctors were upset after government and health officials in Argentina conducted press conferences claiming that the new outbreak was caused by Legionella pneumophila, a bacterium that is the causative agent of Legionnaires' disease, also known as legionellosis without providing proof of any laboratory reports. Most of the infected so far have been healthcare workers from the hospital that were believed to have contracted the disease from an immuno-compromised female patient aged 70 who is believed to be patient zero and who had died recently to become the third recorded fatality. Doctors and other healthcare workers at the Eva Peron hospital in Tucuman where the initial outbreak of a mysterious fatal pneumonia-related disease emerged are threatening a walk-out and strike as they believe that the country’s politicians are attempting to cover up the seriousness of the outbreak while putting the risk of millions at risk.
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