Doctors discovered that the 67-year-old man was infected through a cut in his hand after opening a bag of compost in March.
It follows three other Scottish cases of the same strand of the disease in 2008 and 2009.
- Text size
Legionnaire’s compost alert
Health warnings are to be put on bags of potting compost after a Scottish gardener caught Legionnaire’s disease through an open wound.
Commenting & Moderation
We moderate all comments on HeraldScotland on either a pre-moderated or post-moderated basis. If you're a relatively new user then your comments will be reviewed before publication and if we know you well then your comments will be subject to moderation only if other users or the moderators believe you've broken the rules, which are available here.
Moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours. Please be patient if your posts are not approved instantly.
MOST READ
SPONSORED LINKS
MOST COMMENTED
