So, I'm in school to be a PA and we had an interesting lecture today. It was actually on HIV, but my teacher brought up an interesting point.
He said that immunocompromised people (such as those with HIV, hepatitis, cancer, transplant recipients, etc) really shouldn't have or be near aquariums due to the risk of infection; specifically with a bacteria called Legionella. Infection with this bug results in Legionaire's disease which can result in drug-resistant pneumonia... not a great thing. This bacterium likes warm, damp places... like your fish tank.
When I asked my teacher (the Dean of my program) if properly maintained tanks were as apt to become contaminated as those that weren't, he looked at me like I had 1 million heads
He said that immunocompromised people (such as those with HIV, hepatitis, cancer, transplant recipients, etc) really shouldn't have or be near aquariums due to the risk of infection; specifically with a bacteria called Legionella. Infection with this bug results in Legionaire's disease which can result in drug-resistant pneumonia... not a great thing. This bacterium likes warm, damp places... like your fish tank.
When I asked my teacher (the Dean of my program) if properly maintained tanks were as apt to become contaminated as those that weren't, he looked at me like I had 1 million heads