By Sue Epstein and Tom Haydon/The Star-Ledger

An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease has struck six patients at Saint Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick during the past two weeks, state health officials said today.
Three men and three women have tested positive for the disease, and one of the men has since died, though his death is not being attributed to Legionnaires' because he had other "serious underlying illnesses," said Marilyn Riley, spokeswoman for the state Department of Health and Senior Services.

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