title: Mycobacteria in nail salon whirlpool footbaths, California.
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.
authors.affiliation: California Department of Health Services, Berkeley, California 94704, USA. dvugia@dhs.ca.gov
authors.forename: Duc J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Vugia
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Candi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zizek
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ely
authors.forename: Kevin L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Winthrop
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Desmond
mesh_terms: D001505:Beauty Culture; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D006875:Hydrotherapy; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011634:Public Health; D014871:Water Microbiology