Gardener Gets Legionnaires' Disease From a Bag of Compost

Daily MailMay 24, 2008

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GARDENERS were yesterday warned about the dangers of handling compost after a grandfather caught a rare form of Legionnaires' disease that left him fighting for his life.

Retired gas engineer Drew Murphy, 59, was struck down with Legionella longbeachae just days after opening a bag of fertiliser in his garden.

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Gardener Gets Legionnaires' Disease From a Bag of Compost

He later collapsed with a fever and diarrhoea and spent seven weeks in intensive care on a ventilator. At one point, his condition deteriorated so severe...

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