Mycobacterium avium complex infection among spa workers in New Mexico

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• Personal Author:
  Moraga-McHaley S
• Description:
  Two cases of lab-confirmed Mycobacterium avium complex infections (MAC) were reported to the New Mexico Department of Health in July 2009. The symptoms, exposures, and presence of MAC were indicative of hot tub lung, a hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) - like granulomatous lung disease with non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), that can occur from exposure to hot water aerosols from spas, therapy pools, showers, and indoor swimming pools. Person-to-person transmission does not occur. MAC, a type of NTM, consists of two or more mycobacterial species, M. avium and M. intracellulare. The two cases were employed at a spa establishment with several outdoor tubs. Because of the suspected work-related nature of the illnesses, the cases were referred for investigation to the New Mexico Occupational Health Surveillance Program (NMOHSP), Epidemiology and Response Division (ERD) in February 2010. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aerosols Epidemiology Irritants Lung Lung Diseases Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Bacteria Exposure-levels Lung-irritants Pulmonary-disorders Pulmonary-function Pulmonary-system Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiration Respiratory-infections Respiratory-irritants
• ISSN:
  8750-4642
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New Mexico ; OSHA Region 6
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-3
• Volume:
  2011
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042340
• Citation:
  N.M. Epidemiol Rep 2011 Apr; 2011(3):1-3
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  New Mexico Epidemiology Report
• End Date:
  20090630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9652e26162e42a6d314d414e6b69bb902340c32f184278e685d4f8bed9db0964dbd2964035c4b5d7254c3fb9861fd47b365a888779162a35af0213b71645fccc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194590/cdc_194590_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 153.07 KB ]