*10.8. Pseudomonas aeruginosa*

The ability of *Pseudomonas* to grow in water is dependent on being able to extract nutrients from the surfaces it is growing on, and to bloom within the body of the water. This includes outbreaks of folliculitis associated with spa pools and is dependent on temperature. One must therefore expect some increase associated with increased temperatures. A SR of *Pseudomonas aeruginosa* in hospitals found evidence that the water systems can be the source of this organism, and that contamination mostly occurs at the distal end [164]. Water resource management is important in control of this [165]. *P. aeruginosa* infections are common, and numbers related to water use may increase with a changing climate.
