Legionnaires' Disease Associated with Death after Near Drowning in Lake Water

Suspected Legionella Transmission from a Single Donor to Two Lung Transplant Recipients — Pennsylvania, May 2022

“…Exposure to water outside of human-made systems is not generally considered a risk factor for Legionnaires disease, which typically occurs after inhalation of water droplets containing Legionella (although aspiration is a recognized route of infection) ( 2 ). Before the cases described in this report were observed, infections with Legionella attributed to aspiration resulting from near-drowning incidents have been documented ( 3 ).…”