by Lucy Burns | May 22, 2022 | blog
Legionnaires’ disease is a severe pneumonia typically caused by inhalation of aerosolized water containing Legionella bacteria. These bacteria are transmitted directly from the environment, such as water from showers, hot tubs, water misters, and cooling towers that...
by Lucy Burns | May 22, 2022 | blog
Mycobacterium bacteria have caused outbreaks of hypersensitivity pneumonia due to exposure of aerosols from the infected metalworking fluids. Environmental opportunistic mycobacteria, including Mycobacterium avium, M. terrae, and the new species M. immunogenum,...
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