Journal
JOURNAL OF WATER AND HEALTH
Volume 6, Issue 2, Pages 209-213Publisher
IWA PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2008.232
Keywords
aerosols; infections; mycobacteria; showers
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mycobacterium avium was isolated from hot and cold water samples and from sediment (biofilm) collected from the showerhead in the home of a woman with M. avium pulmonary disease lacking known M. avium risk factors. IS1245/IS1311 DNA fingerprinting demonstrated that M. avium isolates from the hot and cold water and showerhead sediment demonstrated a clonal relationship with the patient's M. avium isolate. The data provide evidence that showers may serve as sources of infection by waterborne M. avium.
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