Hot Tub-Associated Pseudomonas Folliculitis: A Case Report and Review of Host Risk Factors

Pseudomonas aeruginosa folliculitis is an infection of the skin commonly associated with swimming pool and hot tub use. It often presents as outbreaks affecting multiple individuals using the same contaminated public water facility. We present a case report of a 50-year-old woman who developed pseud...

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Autores principales: Jacob, Joanne S, Tschen, Jaime
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7584313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33123436
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10623
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description Pseudomonas aeruginosa folliculitis is an infection of the skin commonly associated with swimming pool and hot tub use. It often presents as outbreaks affecting multiple individuals using the same contaminated public water facility. We present a case report of a 50-year-old woman who developed pseudomonal folliculitis after using a hot tub with multiple family members. No other family member developed folliculitis. Factors contributing to susceptibility to P. aeruginosa infection are reviewed.
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spelling pubmed-75843132020-10-28 Hot Tub-Associated Pseudomonas Folliculitis: A Case Report and Review of Host Risk Factors Jacob, Joanne S Tschen, Jaime Cureus Dermatology Pseudomonas aeruginosa folliculitis is an infection of the skin commonly associated with swimming pool and hot tub use. It often presents as outbreaks affecting multiple individuals using the same contaminated public water facility. We present a case report of a 50-year-old woman who developed pseudomonal folliculitis after using a hot tub with multiple family members. No other family member developed folliculitis. Factors contributing to susceptibility to P. aeruginosa infection are reviewed. Cureus 2020-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7584313/ /pubmed/33123436 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10623 Text en Copyright © 2020, Jacob et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Hot Tub-Associated Pseudomonas Folliculitis: A Case Report and Review of Host Risk Factors
title Hot Tub-Associated Pseudomonas Folliculitis: A Case Report and Review of Host Risk Factors
title_full Hot Tub-Associated Pseudomonas Folliculitis: A Case Report and Review of Host Risk Factors
title_fullStr Hot Tub-Associated Pseudomonas Folliculitis: A Case Report and Review of Host Risk Factors
title_full_unstemmed Hot Tub-Associated Pseudomonas Folliculitis: A Case Report and Review of Host Risk Factors
title_short Hot Tub-Associated Pseudomonas Folliculitis: A Case Report and Review of Host Risk Factors
title_sort hot tub-associated pseudomonas folliculitis: a case report and review of host risk factors
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7584313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33123436
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10623
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