@article{3047446,
    title = "PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA FOLLICULITIS DUE TO NON-0/11 SEROGROUPS -
ACQUISITION THROUGH USE OF CONTAMINATED SYNTHETIC SPONGES",
    author = "MANIATIS, AN and KARKAVITSAS, C and MANIATIS, NA and TSIFTSAKIS, E and and GENIMATA, V and LEGAKIS, NJ",
    journal = "Clinical Infectious Diseases",
    year = "1995",
    volume = "21",
    number = "2",
    pages = "437-439",
    publisher = "University of Chicago Press",
    issn = "1058-4838, 1537-6591",
    doi = "10.1093/clinids/21.2.437",
    abstract = "We describe the features of 13 cases of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
folliculitis (eight of which occurred sporadically and five of which
resulted from two family outbreaks) that developed subsequent to the use
of commercial synthetic sponges for bathing, On the basis of O
serogrouping and pyocin typing and subtyping, the strains recovered from
the skin lesions were found to be identical to those isolated from
household shower water and sponges. P. aetuginosa folliculitis is
commonly caused by the serogroup O:11; The serogroups described in this
study are rare causative agents of this type of skin infection. We
believe that this is the first report of P. aeruginosa folliculitis due
to serogroups O:3 and O:16."
}