Mycobacteria in Nail Salon Whirlpool Footbaths, California

In 2000, an outbreak of Mycobacterium fortuitum furunculosis affected customers using whirlpool footbaths at a nail salon. We swabbed 30 footbaths in 18 nail salons from 5 California counties and found mycobacteria in 29 (97%); M. fortuitum was the most common. Mycobacteria may pose an infectious ri...

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Autores principales: Vugia, Duc J., Jang, Yvonne, Zizek, Candi, Ely, Janet, Winthrop, Kevin L., Desmond, Edward
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3320319/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15829204
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1104.040936
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author Vugia, Duc J.
Jang, Yvonne
Zizek, Candi
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Winthrop, Kevin L.
Desmond, Edward
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description In 2000, an outbreak of Mycobacterium fortuitum furunculosis affected customers using whirlpool footbaths at a nail salon. We swabbed 30 footbaths in 18 nail salons from 5 California counties and found mycobacteria in 29 (97%); M. fortuitum was the most common. Mycobacteria may pose an infectious risk for pedicure customers.
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spelling pubmed-33203192012-04-20 Mycobacteria in Nail Salon Whirlpool Footbaths, California Vugia, Duc J. Jang, Yvonne Zizek, Candi Ely, Janet Winthrop, Kevin L. Desmond, Edward Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch In 2000, an outbreak of Mycobacterium fortuitum furunculosis affected customers using whirlpool footbaths at a nail salon. We swabbed 30 footbaths in 18 nail salons from 5 California counties and found mycobacteria in 29 (97%); M. fortuitum was the most common. Mycobacteria may pose an infectious risk for pedicure customers. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3320319/ /pubmed/15829204 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1104.040936 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Vugia, Duc J.
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Mycobacteria in Nail Salon Whirlpool Footbaths, California
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title_full Mycobacteria in Nail Salon Whirlpool Footbaths, California
title_fullStr Mycobacteria in Nail Salon Whirlpool Footbaths, California
title_full_unstemmed Mycobacteria in Nail Salon Whirlpool Footbaths, California
title_short Mycobacteria in Nail Salon Whirlpool Footbaths, California
title_sort mycobacteria in nail salon whirlpool footbaths, california
topic Dispatch
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