Cases of Legionnaires' disease linked to two Las Vegas hotels

Health officials in Nevada are investigating several Legionnaires' disease cases among guests who stayed at two Las Vegas hotels: Caesars Palace and The Orleans.

Health officials in Nevada are investigating a small cluster of Legionnaires' disease cases among guests who stayed at two Las Vegas hotels.

Two people were diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease — a severe form of pneumonia caused by legionella bacteria — after staying at Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino within the last 12 months, the Southern Nevada Health District said on Thursday.

A guest at The Orleans Hotel & Casino was also recently found to have the disease, the health district said in a separate release on Thursday. Earlier this year, two Legionnaires’ cases were reported among guests at The Orleans, prompting an investigation.

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.

Both properties are cooperating with the health district’s investigations.

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