Infections associated with fresh water exposure
From IDWiki
- Acute febrile illness
- Skin and soft tissue infections
- Aeromonas
- Vibrio vulnificus (brackish water)
- Edwardsiella tarda
- Plesiomonas shigelloides
- Burkholderia pseudomallei (melioidosis)
- Mycobacterium marinum
- Other Gram-negative bacilli
- Gastrointestinal illness
- Central nervous system infections
- Respiratory illness
- Legionella
- Burkholderia pseudomallei (melioidosis)
Recreational Water
Organism | Survives Chlorination? |
---|---|
Escherichia coli | no |
Giardia lamblia | maybe cysts |
Cryptosporidium | yes |
Shigella | no |
Norovirus | no |