TY - JOUR
TI - PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA FOLLICULITIS DUE TO NON-0/11 SEROGROUPS -
ACQUISITION THROUGH USE OF CONTAMINATED SYNTHETIC SPONGES
AU - MANIATIS, AN
AU - KARKAVITSAS, C
AU - MANIATIS, NA
AU - TSIFTSAKIS, E and
AU - GENIMATA, V
AU - LEGAKIS, NJ
JO - Clinical Infectious Diseases
PY - 1995
VL - 21
TODO - 2
SP - 437-439
PB - University of Chicago Press
SN - 1058-4838, 1537-6591
TODO - 10.1093/clinids/21.2.437
TODO - null
TODO - 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.
ER -