Legionnaires’ disease 退伍軍人症

Legionnaires’ disease (legionellosis/Legion fever)
繁：退伍軍人症
简：退伍军人症；军团病

爆出食水含鉛的啟晴邨禍不單行，衛生防護中心昨公布，居於啟晴邨滿晴樓的72 歲老翁5 月底確診感染退伍軍人症，其居住單位的水龍頭驗出含退伍軍人桿菌，已安排更換水龍頭，但更換後的第二次化驗仍含菌，其後發現同層單位及1 樓供水位都有桿菌，全邨供水系統要消毒，有居民轟政府遲了一個半月才公布個案。

啟晴現退軍菌促查死腳位 居民轟遲一月才公布（2015年7月14日）。明報，A03版。

军团病是由军团菌引起的急性呼吸道疾病。军团菌一般孳生在蓄水设施丶空调冷凝水等潮湿环境中，主要经污水传播，不会人际传染。抗生素是有效治疗药物。

加拿大爆發軍團病疫情（2012年9月3日）。新民晚報，A15版。

It was revealed at a government press conference yesterday that a man, 72, was admitted to Prince of Wales Hospital in late May with respiratory problems. He was later diagnosed with what was thought to be legionnaires’ disease. The bacteria were found in his kitchen and bathroom in Mun Ching House.

Sung, T., Chan, G., & Lai, Y. K. (2015, July 13). First it was lead, now legionella bacteria found in Kowloon City estate’s water supply. South China Morning Post. P. 3.