Cases of Legionnaires' disease linked to two Las Vegas hotels

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Cases of Legionnaires' disease linked to two Las Vegas hotels
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Two people who stayed at Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino were diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease, as was one former guest of the Orleans Hotel & Casino.

George Rose / Getty Images fileHealth officials in Nevada are investigating a small cluster of Legionnaires' disease cases among guests who stayed at two Las Vegas hotels.

After those initial two cases, the hotel's water system was remediated, and testing after that did not detect legionella bacteria, according to the health department. But after the additional new case was reported, environmental samples tested positive for legionella. So the Orleans Hotel & Casino is once again doing remediation and environmental testing to ensure the bacteria gets eliminated.

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