Nontuberculous Mycobacteria from Household Plumbing of Patients with Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Disease

dc.contributor.authorFalkinham, Joseph O. IIIen
dc.contributor.departmentBiological Sciencesen
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-20T12:42:11Zen
dc.date.available2019-08-20T12:42:11Zen
dc.date.issued2011-03en
dc.description.abstractTo determine whether plumbing could be a source of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infection, during 2007-2009 I isolated NTM from samples from household water systems of NTM patients. Samples from 22/37 (59%) households and 109/394 (28%) total samples yielded NTM. Seventeen (46%) of the 37 households yielded >= 1 Mycobacterium spp. isolate of the same species as that found in the patient; in 7 of those households, the patient isolate and 1 plumbing isolate exhibited the same repetitive sequence-based PCR DNA fingerprint. Households with water heater temperatures <= 125 degrees C (<= 50 degrees C) were significantly more likely to harbor NTM compared with households with hot water temperatures >= 130 degrees F (>= 55 degrees C) (p = 0.0107). Although households with water from public or private water systems serving multiple households were more likely to have NTM (19/27, 70%) compared with households with a well providing water to only 1 household (5/12, 42%), that difference was not significant (p = 0.1532).en
dc.description.notesThe study was supported by a grant from the Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Research and Information Foundation, Inc.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNontuberculous Mycobacteria Research and Information Foundation, Inc.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3201/eid1703.101510en
dc.identifier.eissn1080-6059en
dc.identifier.issn1080-6040en
dc.identifier.issue3en
dc.identifier.pmid21392432en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/93191en
dc.identifier.volume17en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedicationen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/en
dc.subjectwater distribution-systemsen
dc.subjectavium complexen
dc.subjectlung-diseaseen
dc.subjectlegionella-pneumophilaen
dc.subjectpulmonary-diseaseen
dc.subjectpotable wateren
dc.subjectaids patientsen
dc.subjectrisk-factorsen
dc.subjectinfectionen
dc.subjectidentificationen
dc.titleNontuberculous Mycobacteria from Household Plumbing of Patients with Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Diseaseen
dc.title.serialEmerging Infectious Diseasesen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.dcmitypeStillImageen

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