Pseudomonas aeruginosa in premise plumbing of large buildings [PDF]
MicrobiologyOpen, 2016 Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic bacterial pathogen that is widely occurring in the environment and is recognized for its capacity to form or join biofilms. The present review consolidates current knowledge on P.
Emilie Bedard +2 more
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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.
Kyle J. Szwetkowski +1 more
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Common Features of Opportunistic Premise Plumbing Pathogens [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and 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.
Joseph Falkinham
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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 ...
Marc Edwards +2 more
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Legionella Occurrence beyond Cooling Towers and Premise Plumbing [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2021 Legionella is an environmental pathogen that is responsible for respiratory disease and is a common causative agent of water-related outbreaks. Due to their ability to survive in a broad range of environments, transmission of legionellosis is possible ...
David Otto Schwake +2 more
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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-
Melissa Brown +2 more
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Building water quality deterioration during water supply restoration after interruption: Influences of premise plumbing configuration [PDF]
Water Research, 2023 Premise plumbing plays an essential role in determining the final quality of drinking water consumed by customers. However, little is known about the influences of plumbing configuration on water quality changes.
Gang Liu, Zihan Dai, Gertjan Medema
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Premise plumbing bacterial communities in four European cities and their association with Legionella [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiomes, 2023 IntroductionLegionella species are Gram negative, facultative, intracellular bacteria found in natural and engineered water systems. Understanding the bacterial interactions underlying the success of Legionella in aquatic environments could be ...
Maria Scaturro +24 more
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Replicable simulation of distal hot water premise plumbing using convectively-mixed pipe reactors [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 A lack of replicable test systems that realistically simulate hot water premise plumbing conditions at the laboratory-scale is an obstacle to identifying key factors that support growth of opportunistic pathogens (OPs) and opportunities to stem disease ...
M. Storme Spencer +5 more
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Critical Review: Propensity of Premise Plumbing Pipe Materials to Enhance or Diminish Growth of Legionella and Other Opportunistic Pathogens [PDF]
Pathogens, 2020 Growth of Legionella pneumophila and other opportunistic pathogens (OPs) in drinking water premise plumbing poses an increasing public health concern.
Abraham C. Cullom +6 more
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