[Study of factors affecting presence of atypical Mycobacteria in water of a swimming pool (author's transl)].
Observation of skin lesions due to M. marinum in patients who frequent the same swimming pool, led to a survey of the water of this swimming pool. The mycobacterial analysis was completed by a microbiological and chemical examination. M. marinum, M. kansasii and M. fortuitum were isolated. There was no correlation between the presence of Mycobacteria and microbiological indicators; but it was found a relation between the residual chlorine concentration and the presence of opportunistic Mycobacteria. The contamination could be proceed from water filling the pool, or from swimmers.
D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013551:Swimming Pools; D014871:Water Microbiology
Etude des facteurs intervenant sur la présence des Mycobactéries atypiques dans l'eau d'une piscine.