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- Title
Rapidly growing mycobacterial infections after pedicures.
- Authors
Sniezek, Patrick J; Graham, Brad S; Busch, Heidi Byers; Lederman, Edith R; Lim, Matthew L; Poggemyer, Kimberly; Kao, Annie; Mizrahi, Moise; Washabaugh, Gerry; Yakrus, Mitch; Winthrop, Kevin
- Abstract
Rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) can cause a variety of cutaneous and systemic diseases. The causative organisms are typically Mycobacterium fortuitum or Mycobacterium chelonae (also known as Mycobacterium abscessus). Primary cutaneous lesions may develop after a variable latent period, from weeks to several months, and usually result from direct inoculation after trauma, from injections, or during surgery via contaminated medical instruments. Recently, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga, and the California Department of Health Services, Berkeley, documented a large, unprecedented outbreak of community-acquired RGM infection, during which more than 100 patrons of a northern California nail salon contracted furunculosis in their legs as a result of exposure to whirlpool footbaths that were contaminated with M fortuitum.
- Publication
Archives of dermatology, 2003, Vol 139, Issue 5, p629
- ISSN
0003-987X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/archderm.139.5.629