Cooccurrence of free-living amoebae and nontuberculous mycobacteria in hospital water networks, and preferential growth of mycobacterium avium in Acanthamoeba lenticulata

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3185-3192

  Ovrutsky, Alida R ^a,d   Chan, Edward D ^a,b,d   Kartalija, Marinka ^a,e   Bai, Xiyuan ^a,d   Jackson, Mary ^c   Gibbs, Sara ^c   Falkinham, Joseph O ^f   Iseman, Michael D ^a,d,e   Reynolds, Paul R ^a   McDonnell, Gerald ^g   Thomas, Vincent ^g  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g STERIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO-OCCURRENCE; DRINKING WATER NETWORKS; DRINKING WATER SAMPLES; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; POTABLE WATER SYSTEMS; PREFERENTIAL GROWTH; WATER NETWORKS;

BIOFILMS; HOSPITALS; STRAIN;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COEXISTENCE; CYST; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DRINKING WATER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PROTOZOAN; WATER SUPPLY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COCULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HARTMANNELLA; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PARASITOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BIOFILMS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DRINKING WATER; ECOSYSTEM; HARTMANNELLA; HOSPITALS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84877136543     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03823-12     Document Type: Article

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