Distribution and respiratory activity of mycobacteria in household water system of healthy volunteers in Japan

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 9; no. 10; p. e110554
• Main Authors: Ichijo, Tomoaki, Izumi, Yoko, Nakamoto, Sayuri, Yamaguchi, Nobuyasu, Nasu, Masao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 28.10.2014; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Acanthamoeba polyphaga; Bacteria; Bacterial Load; Biofilms; Biology and Life Sciences; Contamination; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; Drinking water; Environmental science; Exposure; Family Characteristics; Fluorescence; Healthy Volunteers; Households; Humans; Infections; Infectious diseases; Japan; Laboratories; Methods; Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium - metabolism; Mycobacterium avium; Mycobacterium Infections - epidemiology; Mycobacterium Infections - microbiology; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - epidemiology; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - microbiology; Mycobacterium intracellulare; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Nontuberculous Mycobacteria - metabolism; Opportunist infection; Pathogens; Pharmaceutical sciences; Tuberculosis; Water consumption; Water Microbiology; Water use; Japan

The primary infectious source of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), which are known as opportunistic pathogens, appears to be environmental exposure, and it is important to reduce the frequency of exposure from environmental sources for preventing NTM infections. In order to achieve this, the distri...