Playboy Mansion Partiers May Have Caught Disease

By Zach Dionne Posted Mar 1st 2011 10:55AM

After a recent fundraiser at the Playboy Mansion left attendees sick, Los Angeles County public health officials investigated and found the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease in a water source.

The LA Times reports that Dr. Jonathan Fielding, director of the county Department of Public Health, said other bacteria and viruses are still being investigated, as Legionella bacteria are "commonly found in moist environments." Hmm, like the Playboy Mansion's infamous grotto (picture above, right), maybe?

Health officials suspect Legionella bacteria, which causes Legionnaires' disease, an affliction causing respiratory illness, fever and chills.

After a Feb. 1-3 conference for DomainFest concluding with a Playboy Mansion fundraiser, numerous people fell ill.

DomainFest sent out a statement yesterday urging anyone who attended the event to "fill out a confidential survey to assist health officials with their investigation," the Times reports.

According to the Center for Disease Control, healthy people typically recover from Legionnaires' disease, treatable by antibiotics, but it's possible for death to befall 5 percent to 30 percent of those infected. Roughly 8,000 - 18,000 people are hospitalized with Legionnaires' disease annually in the U.S.

Legionnaires' disease gets its name from a 1976 American Legion convention in Philadelphia, when a group of attendees (sound familiar?) contracted the illness. Media dubbed it the "Philly Killer" at the time, according to Science Clarified.

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Tuesday 01 March

By njgirlxxxx

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STD's?

By simpsonsimpmike

GTD

By observer

No telling how many diseases can be caught on those premises.

By Barbie

Holly and Kendra left something behind.

By Samantha

Not really surprising. I remember on TGND when Holly wanted to update rooms they looked pretty old and nasty. I've also ready that the place smells like animal piss and is poorly taken care of.

By WminPhoenix

Hef's diaper leaked in the pool again?

By Lynn

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You made pop squirt out of my nose. That is funny, and perhaps true.

By YellowRose3218

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Wmin,,,LMAO,,,Very funny.
But I am with Barbie,, I think Kendra left something behind.

By Pixie

This was never called the Philly Killer that I remember. It was always called Legionnaires Disease. It grows inside plumbing and air conditioning systems.

By toothis

This is news? It's like saying someone went to an ice cream store and got ice cream.

By Howard

how about gonorea

By Ally

People are catching bacterial infections from the Playboy mansion? WHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA?

Friday 04 March

By Kenny Wade

I'm not a genius, but I know better than to drink THAT water...

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