solarseven/iStock/Thinkstock(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Health officials in Tennessee are attempting to reach out to six thousand people who may have been exposed to Legionnaires’ disease at a Memphis hotel.
There are six confirmed cases of the disease linked to the LaQuinta Inn in South Memphis and Shelby County health officials are trying to make contact with thousands of guests who booked reservations at the hotel between July and September.
“It is a pneumonia with cough and fever requiring antibiotics to cure you of it, and may require hospitalization and some instances can lead to death,” Shelby County Health Officer Helen Murrow said.
The hotel remains closed as investigators try to determine the source of water containing the bacteria.
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