ArticlePNAS nexus2022
Shower water contributes viable nontuberculous mycobacteria to indoor air.
Article in PNAS nexus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria at the Human-Animal-Environment Interface: Antimicrobial Resistance, Environmental Persistence and Cross-Species Exposure Risks.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- The risk of NTM pulmonary infection associated with trace metal exposure from public distribution system water in the United States.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Article
- Temperature-dependent microbial dynamics in touchless sensor faucets during short-term stagnation.Environmental science and ecotechnology · 2025Article
- Occupants and surface types drive microbial dynamics in controlled indoor environments.Environmental microbiome · 2025Article
- Culture and real-time quantitative PCR to detect environmental nontuberculous mycobacteria in a clinical care center.Total environment microbiology · 2025Article
- Moving Beyond the Silos of Opportunistic Pathogen and Disinfection Byproduct Research to Improve Drinking Water System Management.Environmental science & technology · 2025Review
- The State-of-the-Art ofHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Drinking Water Microbiota, Entero-Mammary Pathways, and Breast Cancer: Focus on Nontuberculous Mycobacteria.Microorganisms · 2024Review
- Nasal Septal Perforation and Widespread Skin Lesions Caused by Mycobacterium chelonae Infection Mimicking Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2024Article
- Balancing water conservation and health: do water-saving showerheads impact the microbes we breathe in during showering?Frontiers in microbiomes · 2024Article
- Assessing the impact of anti-microbial showerheads on the prevalence and abundance of opportunistic pathogens in shower water and shower water-associated aerosols.Frontiers in microbiomes · 2023Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are frequently present in municipal drinking water and building plumbing, and some are believed to cause respiratory tract infections through inhalation of NTM-containing aerosols generated during showering. However, the present understanding of NTM transfer from water to air is insufficient to develop NTM risk mitigation strategies. This study aimed to characterize the contribution of shower water to the abundance of viable NTM in indoor air. Shower water and indoor air samples were collected, and 16S rRNA and
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