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Emerg Infect Dis
; 11(4): 616-8, 2005 Apr.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15829204
ABSTRACT
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.