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MVH reports ninth case of Legionnaires’ disease

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By Ben Sutherly, Staff Writer Updated 1:38 AM Wednesday, March 9, 2011

DAYTON — A ninth Miami Valley Hospital patient has tested positive for Legionnaires’ disease, and one more possible case is pending test results, a hospital spokesman said Tuesday afternoon.

One patient with Legionnaires’ disease remains hospitalized for unrelated health reasons, said Tim Cloonan, the hospital’s director of marketing and communications.

A Montgomery County public health official has said one patient — a Dayton man in his 70s — died Feb. 22, but the hospital said Legionella bacteria did not cause that death. The public health official had previously said the death occurred on Feb. 21.

It’s not clear if the pneumonia-like condition may have been a contributing factor in the death of the man, whose name was not disclosed.

The hospital has not yet received confirmation that Legionella bacteria had been present in the water system of its new hospital addition, called the “patient tower.” Those results are expected this Saturday.

The hospital instituted water restrictions in the patient tower for three days last month and disinfected the water system as a precaution.

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-7457 or bsutherly@DaytonDailyNews.com.

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