ReviewBiofouling2013
Plumbing of hospital premises is a reservoir for opportunistically pathogenic microorganisms: a review.
Review in Biofouling, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa in premise plumbing of large buildings.MicrobiologyOpen · 2016Pooled it
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- Insights into the mechanisms of infection transmission via inanimate surfaces.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Nosocomial Mycobacterium lentiflavum colonization and infection cluster at a Japanese tertiary care center: report of an outbreak/pseudo-outbreak investigation.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2026Article
- Water management practices and antibiotic-resistantJournal of water and health · 2025Article
- Negligible influence of limescale deposits on faucet aerators on measured microorganism loads.European journal of microbiology & immunology · 2025Article
- Assessing the Effects of Surgical Irrigation Solutions on Human Neutrophil Interactions with NascentMicroorganisms · 2024Article
- Genomic epidemiology ofERJ open research · 2024Article
- Multidrug-Resistant Sepsis: A Critical Healthcare Challenge.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Sources, transmission and hospital-associated outbreaks of nontuberculous mycobacteria: a review.Future microbiology · 2024Review
- Estimating Waterborne Infectious Disease Burden by Exposure Route, United States, 2014.Emerging infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Molecular Epidemiologic Investigation ofAnnals of the American Thoracic Society · 2023Article
- Microbial profile and antibiotic resistance pattern of water supply in a tertiary care hospital of Uttarakhand.Iranian journal of microbiology · 2023Article
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- Low Diversity and Instability of the Sinus Microbiota over Time in Adults with Cystic Fibrosis.Microbiology spectrum · 2022Article
- Nontuberculous Mycobacteria as Sapronoses: A Review.Microorganisms · 2022Review
- Investigating Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Transmission at the Colorado Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2022Article
- Tap Water Avoidance Decreases Rates of Hospital-onset Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacteria: A Call for Water Management in Healthcare.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021Article
- Microbial Air Quality in Healthcare Facilities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
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Abstract
Several bacterial species that are natural inhabitants of potable water distribution system biofilms are opportunistic pathogens important to sensitive patients in healthcare facilities. Waterborne healthcare-associated infections (HAI) may occur during the many uses of potable water in the healthcare environment. Prevention of infection is made more challenging by lack of data on infection rate and gaps in understanding of the ecology, virulence, and infectious dose of these opportunistic pathogens. Some healthcare facilities have been successful in reducing infections by following current water safety guidelines. This review describes several infections, and remediation steps that have been implemented to reduce waterborne HAIs.
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