Opportunistic Premise Plumbing Pathogens: Increasingly Important Pathogens in Drinking Water [PDF]
Pathogens, 2015 Opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens are responsible for a significant number of infections whose origin has been traced to drinking water. These opportunistic pathogens represent an emerging water borne disease problem with a major economic cost of ...
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Opportunistic Premise Plumbing Pathogens. A Potential Health Risk in Water Mist Systems Used as a Cooling Intervention [PDF]
Pathogens, 2021 Water mist systems (WMS) are used for evaporative cooling in public areas. The health risks associated with their colonization by opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens (OPPPs) is not well understood.
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Microbial risks in drinking water systems: persistence and public health implications of opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyIntroductionThe persistence of opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens (OPPPs) in drinking water plumbing systems poses a significant public health risk that is receiving increasing attention yet remains poorly understood. This study investigated the co-
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Methylobacterium spp. as Emerging Opportunistic Premise Plumbing Pathogens [PDF]
Pathogens, 2020 Methylobacterium spp. are emerging opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens. Human infections linked to premise plumbing provide evidence of their routes of infection.
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Causes, Factors, and Control Measures of Opportunistic Premise Plumbing Pathogens—A Critical Review [PDF]
Applied Sciences, 2021 This review critically analyses the chemical and physical parameters that influence the occurrence of opportunistic pathogens in the drinking water distribution system, specifically in premise plumbing.
Erin Leslie, Jason Hinds, Faisal I. Hai
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Common features of opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2015 Recently it has been estimated that the annual cost of diseases caused by the waterborne pathogens Legionella pneumonia, Mycobacterium avium, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa is $500 million. For the period 2001–2012, the estimated cost of hospital admissions for nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease, the majority caused by M.
Falkinham JO.
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Investigation of microbiological non-compliance of endoscopic final rinse water associated with opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens contamination in connecting tube [PDF]
Scientific ReportsNon-compliant final rinse water (microbial culture results exceeding 10 cfu/100 mL) is an under-recognized risk factor for failure of flexible gastrointestinal (GI) endoscope reprocessing, since it is an important step following disinfection during the ...
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Epidemiology and Ecology of Opportunistic Premise Plumbing Pathogens: Legionella pneumophila, Mycobacterium avium, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. [PDF]
Environ Health Perspect, 2015 Legionella pneumophila, Mycobacterium avium, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa are opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens (OPPPs) that persist and grow in household plumbing, habitats they share with humans. Infections caused by these OPPPs involve individuals with preexisting risk factors and frequently require hospitalization.The objectives of this report
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Meta-Transcriptomic Response to Copper Corrosion in Drinking Water Biofilms [PDF]
MicroorganismsDrinking water biofilm ecosystems harbor complex and dynamic prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbial communities. However, little is known about the impact of copper corrosion on microbial community functions in metabolisms and resistance.
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Ecological dynamics of three persistent opportunistic pathogens in hospital sinks and their potential antagonistic bacteria [PDF]
mSystemsSinks contaminated with opportunistic pathogens are a source of hospital-acquired infections, responsible for morbidity and mortality in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).
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