Furunculosis due to Mycobacterium mageritense associated with footbaths at a nail salon.
We report two cases of lower-extremity furunculosis caused by Mycobacterium mageritense. Both patients were patrons of the same nail salon, where they received footbaths prior to pedicures. M. mageritense bacteria isolated from two whirlpool footbaths were determined to be closely related to the patient isolates by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
Gira
Amy K
AK
Department of Dermatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
Reisenauer
Amy H
AH
Hammock
Lauren
L
Nadiminti
Uma
U
Macy
Jonathan T
JT
Reeves
Ariane
A
Burnett
Cindy
C
Yakrus
Mitchell A
MA
Toney
Sean
S
Jensen
Bette J
BJ
Blumberg
Henry M
HM
Caughman
S Wright
SW
Nolte
Frederick S
FS
D000328:Adult; D001505:Beauty Culture; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005260:Female; D005667:Furunculosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D006875:Hydrotherapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D009262:Nails