CCL 4 Microbial Contaminants
Microbial Name
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Microorganism Type
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Diseases and Infections
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Adenovirus
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Virus
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Respiratory illness and occasionally gastrointestinal illness.
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Caliciviruses
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Virus (includes Norovirus)
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Mild self-limiting gastrointestinal illness.
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Campylobacter jejuni
|
Bacterium
|
Mild self-limiting gastrointestinal illness.
|
Enterovirus
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Viruses including polioviruses, coxsackieviruses and echoviruses
|
Mild respiratory illness.
|
Escherichia coli (0157)
|
Bacterium
|
Gastrointestinal illness and kidney failure.
|
Helicobacter pylori
|
Bacterium
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Found in the environment capable of colonizing human gut that can cause ulcers and cancer.
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Hepatitis A virus
|
Virus
|
Liver disease and jaundice.
|
Legionella pneumophila
|
Bacterium
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Found in the environment including hot water systems causing lung diseases when inhaled.
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Mycobacterium avium
|
Bacterium
|
Lung infection in those with underlying lung disease, and disseminated infection in the severely immunocompromised.
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Naegleria fowleri
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Protozoan
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Parasite found in shallow, warm surface and ground water causing primary amebic meningoencephalitis.
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Salmonella enterica
|
Bacterium
|
Mild self-limiting gastrointestinal illness.
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Shigella sonnei
|
Bacterium
|
Mild self-limiting gastrointestinal illness and bloody diarrhea.
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