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Potential Association of Legionnaires’ Disease with Hot Spring Water, Hot Springs National Park and Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA, 2018–2019

Legionella pneumophila is the cause of Legionnaires’ disease, a life-threatening pneumonia that occurs after inhalation of aerosolized water containing the bacteria. Legionella growth occurs in stagnant, warm-to-hot water (77°F–113°F) that is inadequately disinfected. Piped hot spring water in Hot S...

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Autores principales: James, Allison E., Kesteloot, Kurt, Paul, J. Terry, McMullen, Richard L., Louie, Shirley, Waters, Catherine, Dillaha, Jennifer, Tumlison, Joel, Haselow, Dirk T., Smith, Jessica C., Lee, Sooji, Ritter, Troy, Lucas, Claressa, Kunz, Jasen, Miller, Laura A., Said, Maria
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8714197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34932451
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2801.211090
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author James, Allison E.
Kesteloot, Kurt
Paul, J. Terry
McMullen, Richard L.
Louie, Shirley
Waters, Catherine
Dillaha, Jennifer
Tumlison, Joel
Haselow, Dirk T.
Smith, Jessica C.
Lee, Sooji
Ritter, Troy
Lucas, Claressa
Kunz, Jasen
Miller, Laura A.
Said, Maria
author_facet James, Allison E.
Kesteloot, Kurt
Paul, J. Terry
McMullen, Richard L.
Louie, Shirley
Waters, Catherine
Dillaha, Jennifer
Tumlison, Joel
Haselow, Dirk T.
Smith, Jessica C.
Lee, Sooji
Ritter, Troy
Lucas, Claressa
Kunz, Jasen
Miller, Laura A.
Said, Maria
author_sort James, Allison E.
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description Legionella pneumophila is the cause of Legionnaires’ disease, a life-threatening pneumonia that occurs after inhalation of aerosolized water containing the bacteria. Legionella growth occurs in stagnant, warm-to-hot water (77°F–113°F) that is inadequately disinfected. Piped hot spring water in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, USA, has naturally high temperatures (>135°F) that prevent Legionella growth, and Legionnaires’ disease has not previously been associated with the park or other hot springs in the United States. During 2018–2019, Legionnaires’ disease occurred in 5 persons after they visited the park; 3 of these persons were potentially exposed in spa facilities that used untreated hot spring water. Environmental testing revealed Legionella bacteria in piped spring water, including 134°F stagnant pipe water. These findings underscore the importance of water management programs to reduce Legionella growth in plumbing through control activities such as maintaining hot water temperatures, reducing stored water age, and ensuring adequate water flow.
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spelling pubmed-87141972022-01-04 Potential Association of Legionnaires’ Disease with Hot Spring Water, Hot Springs National Park and Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA, 2018–2019 James, Allison E. Kesteloot, Kurt Paul, J. Terry McMullen, Richard L. Louie, Shirley Waters, Catherine Dillaha, Jennifer Tumlison, Joel Haselow, Dirk T. Smith, Jessica C. Lee, Sooji Ritter, Troy Lucas, Claressa Kunz, Jasen Miller, Laura A. Said, Maria Emerg Infect Dis Synopsis Legionella pneumophila is the cause of Legionnaires’ disease, a life-threatening pneumonia that occurs after inhalation of aerosolized water containing the bacteria. Legionella growth occurs in stagnant, warm-to-hot water (77°F–113°F) that is inadequately disinfected. Piped hot spring water in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, USA, has naturally high temperatures (>135°F) that prevent Legionella growth, and Legionnaires’ disease has not previously been associated with the park or other hot springs in the United States. During 2018–2019, Legionnaires’ disease occurred in 5 persons after they visited the park; 3 of these persons were potentially exposed in spa facilities that used untreated hot spring water. Environmental testing revealed Legionella bacteria in piped spring water, including 134°F stagnant pipe water. These findings underscore the importance of water management programs to reduce Legionella growth in plumbing through control activities such as maintaining hot water temperatures, reducing stored water age, and ensuring adequate water flow. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8714197/ /pubmed/34932451 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2801.211090 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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James, Allison E.
Kesteloot, Kurt
Paul, J. Terry
McMullen, Richard L.
Louie, Shirley
Waters, Catherine
Dillaha, Jennifer
Tumlison, Joel
Haselow, Dirk T.
Smith, Jessica C.
Lee, Sooji
Ritter, Troy
Lucas, Claressa
Kunz, Jasen
Miller, Laura A.
Said, Maria
Potential Association of Legionnaires’ Disease with Hot Spring Water, Hot Springs National Park and Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA, 2018–2019
title Potential Association of Legionnaires’ Disease with Hot Spring Water, Hot Springs National Park and Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA, 2018–2019
title_full Potential Association of Legionnaires’ Disease with Hot Spring Water, Hot Springs National Park and Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA, 2018–2019
title_fullStr Potential Association of Legionnaires’ Disease with Hot Spring Water, Hot Springs National Park and Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA, 2018–2019
title_full_unstemmed Potential Association of Legionnaires’ Disease with Hot Spring Water, Hot Springs National Park and Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA, 2018–2019
title_short Potential Association of Legionnaires’ Disease with Hot Spring Water, Hot Springs National Park and Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA, 2018–2019
title_sort potential association of legionnaires’ disease with hot spring water, hot springs national park and hot springs, arkansas, usa, 2018–2019
topic Synopsis
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8714197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34932451
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2801.211090
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