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Reducing Exposure to Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM)
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Aug 31 11:16am | Replies (157)Comment receiving replies
Okay, Armando, you found the study regarding electric kettles, but it still doesn't answer the question about NTM.
They are measuring TTC's (thermotolerant choliforms) which are not the same as NTM (non-tubercular mycobacteria) because of the issue of spores and whether NTM are more heat-resistant.
Personally, I think the "boil 10 minutes" recommendation vs "bring to a rolling boil" was not necessarily based on a specific test on various strains of NTM. As campers, we also used to be told to "boil 10 minutes" before using stream or lake water, that has been changed to 1 minute.
So it looks like we still need clarification on the issue. For myself, I will continue to use spring water to drink, filtered tap water to cook with and boiled a minute water for cleaning my equipment. So far it has worked for over 3 years.
Sue
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Everyone,
Dr. Falkinham replied to my email to him that he is setting the webinar for Nov 29. He will be sending out an announcement soon. He also welcomes questions in advance. I am willing to compile everyone's questions to send to him. I just joined the NTM Info and Research support group and they are asking the same questions we are. They have a list of questions which I will send to you all to start the process of compiling our list of questions.
Lora Jo
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I agree Sue, we need clarifications.
Physicians often use some terms very loosely, and it is important to clarify if by "10 min" they mean actual 10 min by a stopwatch or rather "some time". As an example, and in a different note, we recently found out that the concept of "a day" as the time during which you can take medicines, can vary considerably among physicians: in agreement with her pulmonologist, my wife was spreading her antibiotics over a 24-h day - to minimize adverse effects - but at National Jewish she found out that she should distribute the pill intake over a 12-h day, instead!
Armando