Legionnaires' hits 3 former guests of Miami hotel
MIAMI (AP) - About 300 guests have been moved from a luxury Miami hotel after Legionnaires' disease struck at least three former guests since October. One of them died.
Published: December 14, 2009
MIAMI (AP) - About 300 guests have been moved from a luxury Miami hotel after Legionnaires' disease struck at least three former guests since October. One of them died.
Health officials say the guests at the EPIC Hotel were sent to nearby hotels Saturday to prevent potential contact with the waterborne bacterial disease.
An ongoing investigation revealed that the hotel had installed a water filter powerful enough to remove chlorine from its city-supplied water, encouraging bacterial growth.
Miami-Dade County health officials said Monday that one former guest died at the end of October after leaving for a cruise. Another was diagnosed around mid-November and the third at the end of the month.
Hotel officials say they are working with the health department to investigate the problem.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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