Legionnaire’s Disease at Orleans Casino in Las Vegas

Two cases of Legionnaires’ disease have got been reported at the siege of Orleans Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The cases were reported by guests staying separately at the off-Strip resort hotel inward Dec 2022 and January 2023, the Southern Sagebrush State Health District (SNHD) announced on Friday afternoon.

After receiving reports of illness, the Health District said it conducted environmental testing that discovered Legionella bacterium in the water.

According to Boyd Gaming, the resort’s owner, it is currently notifying all stream and yesteryear guests dating rear to Dec. 16. It has also begun implementing disinfection procedures and a proactive H2O management plan. Health officials will taste the resort’s irrigate end-to-end the process, to make sure these efforts succeed.

Guests who stayed overnight, worked at least 1 shift, or attended a formula or multi-day case at the siege of Orleans during the timeframe and experient symptoms upwards to 14 years after their rest are urged to describe their malady to the Health District via this survey on its website.

What is Legionnaire’s Disease?

Legionnaire’s disease — named after the gathering where it was number 1 identified, a 1976 American Legion convention inwards Philadelphia — is a constitute of irregular pneumonia contracted past eupneic in aerosolised H2O or dirt contaminated with Legionella bacteria. It does not paste from soul to person. Central send conditioning systems inwards buildings, hotels, and hospitals are a mutual source.

Most level-headed people open to Legionella come non get sick. However, an estimated 8K-18K cases a twelvemonth inward the US require hospitalization, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The fatality place ranges betwixt 5%-30%. No vaccine is available.

Symptoms — including cough, truncation of breath, in high spirits fever, muscle aches, and headaches – usually commence within 2 to 10 days of exposure.

Guests and visitors of the Orleans who evolve symptoms within 14 years of their call in should seek medical attention immediately, the SNHD warned in a statement. However, that financial statement also said that guests who did non develop symptoms, followers a stick longer than II weeks ago, “are non at lay on the line for disease.”

“We are workings nearly with the Health District in their investigation,” scan a statement from David Strow, VP of incorporated communications for Boyd. “However, it is important to keep inward intellect that this matter involves deuce reported cases among the thousands of guests who stayed at the siege of Orleans over the lowest several months without incident. While the write up is special to two incidents, the health and safety of our guests is passing of import to us, and work on is underway to prevent futurity issues.”

Anyone with additional questions tin contact lens the Health District’s Helpline at (702) 759-4636 (INFO) or 1-866-767-5038, Sunday through Saturday, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. PST.