Infants born in water births at risk of Legionnaires’ disease

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/06/08/infants-born-in-water-births-at-risk-of-legionnaires-disease-cdc-says/?utm_term=.7fc5ef0e2d62&wpisrc=nl_sb_smartbrief

 

CDC researchers reported the cases of two infants in Arizona delivered through water birth who developed respiratory problems and tested positive for Legionella bacteria, both of whom were treated with a 10-day course of azithromycin. Officials, writing in the agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, cited “numerous gaps in infection prevention” during the water births.

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