Scarlata G, Pellerito A M, Di Benedetto M, Massenti M F, Nastasi A
Boll Ist Sieroter Milan. 1985;64(6):479-82.
Mycobacteria other than tuberculosis (MOTT) were isolated from 20 of 54 samples (37%) of tap water collected in Palermo in the period April-July 1984. The 55 isolates were M. gordonae (40), M. scrofulaceum (9), MAIS organisms (3), M. fortuitum (2), M. non photochromogenic (1). M. gordonae was isolated from 16 of the 20 positive samples and in five of them in association to other MOTT. A study of MOTT spread in other levels of piping system, showed, as already reported in similar studies, that some places, like taps and tanks, are probably favourable to more or less persistent MOTT colonization.
1984年4月至7月期间在巴勒莫采集的54份自来水样本中，有20份（37%）分离出非结核分枝杆菌（MOTT）。55株分离菌为戈登分枝杆菌（40株）、瘰疬分枝杆菌（9株）、MAIS菌（3株）、偶然分枝杆菌（2株）、非光产色分枝杆菌（1株）。20份阳性样本中有16份分离出戈登分枝杆菌，其中5份与其他MOTT菌混合存在。对MOTT在管道系统其他层面传播的研究表明，正如类似研究中已经报道的那样，一些地方，如水龙头和水箱，可能有利于MOTT或多或少地持续定殖。
