Infections associated with fresh water exposure: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 16:16, 2 February 2022

Acute febrile illness
- Leptospirosis
- Schistosomiasis
- Enteric fever
- Hepatitis A
- Burkholderia pseudomallei (melioidosis)
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
- Cryptosporidium
- Giardia lamblia
- Escherichia coli O157:H7
- Shigella
- Campylobacter
- Salmonella
Central nervous system infections
- Neuroschistosomiasis
- Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM)
- Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE)
Respiratory illness
- Legionella
- Burkholderia pseudomallei (melioidosis)

Recreational Water

Organism	Survives Chlorination?
Escherichia coli	no
Giardia lamblia	maybe cysts
Cryptosporidium	yes
Shigella	no
Norovirus	no

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-* Acute febrile illness
+*Acute febrile illness
-** [[Leptospirosis]]
+**[[Leptospirosis]]
-** [[Schistosomiasis]]
+**[[Schistosomiasis]]
-** [[Enteric fever]]
+**[[Enteric fever]]
-** [[Hepatitis A]]
+**[[Hepatitis A]]
-** [[Burkholderia pseudomallei]] (melioidosis)
+**[[Burkholderia pseudomallei]] (melioidosis)
-* Skin and soft tissue infections
+*Skin and soft tissue infections
-** [[Aeromonas species]]
+**[[Aeromonas]]
-** [[Vibrio vulnificus]] (brackish water)
+**[[Vibrio vulnificus]] (brackish water)
-** [[Edwardsiella tarda]]
+**[[Edwardsiella tarda]]
-** [[Plesiomonas shigelloides]]
+**[[Plesiomonas shigelloides]]
-** [[Burkholderia pseudomallei]] (melioidosis)
+**[[Burkholderia pseudomallei]] (melioidosis)
-** [[Mycobacterium marinum]]
+**[[Mycobacterium marinum]]
-** Other [[Gram-negative bacilli]]
+**Other [[Gram-negative bacilli]]
-* Gastrointestinal illness
+*Gastrointestinal illness
-** [[Cryptosporidium species]]
+**[[Cryptosporidium]]
-** [[Giardia lamblia]]
+**[[Giardia lamblia]]
-** [[Escherichia coli]] O157:H7
+**[[Escherichia coli]] O157:H7
-** [[Shigella species]]
+**[[Shigella]]
-** [[Campylobacter species]]
+**[[Campylobacter]]
-** [[Salmonella species]]
+**[[Salmonella]]
-* Central nervous system infections
+*Central nervous system infections
-** [[Neuroschistosomiasis]]
+**[[Neuroschistosomiasis]]
-** [[Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis]] (PAM)
+**[[Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis]] (PAM)
-** [[Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis]] (GAE)
+**[[Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis]] (GAE)
-* Respiratory illness
+*Respiratory illness
-** [[Legionella species]]
+**[[Legionella]]
-** [[Burkholderia pseudomallei]] (melioidosis)
+**[[Burkholderia pseudomallei]] (melioidosis)
+==Recreational Water==
+{| class="wikitable"
+!Organism
+!Survives Chlorination?
+|-
+|[[Escherichia coli]]
+|no
+|-
+|[[Giardia lamblia]]
+|maybe cysts
+|-
+|[[Cryptosporidium]]
+|yes
+|-
+|[[Shigella species|Shigella]]
+|no
+|-
+|[[Norovirus]]
+|no
+|}
 [[Category:Infectious syndromes]]