• FOX 4: Water Shut Off at Riverside Senior Facility Amid Legionnaires’ Disease Investigation

    • FOX 4: Water Shut Off at Riverside Senior Facility Amid Legionnaires’ Disease Investigation

    A Saint Luke's pulmonologist explains what causes this severe type of pneumonia.

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    The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services is investigating a case of Legionnaires’ disease that may be associated with a senior facility in Riverside.

    Legionnaires' disease is a type of severe pneumonia caused by breathing in air contaminated by Legionella bacteria.

    Dr. Micah Levine, a pulmonologist at  Saint Luke’s, joined FOX 4 to discuss the infection and how it is contracted.