Multiple cases of cutaneous Mycobacterium massiliense infection in a "hot spa" in Japan

Seven body polishers working in the same "hot spa" presented with multiple red nodules and papules on their hands and forearms. A causative agent was successfully isolated from two of the subjects and from a swab sample collected from the underside of a bed cover in the body-polishing faci...

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Published in:	Journal of clinical microbiology Vol. 49; no. 2; p. 613
Main Authors:	Nakanaga, Kazue, Hoshino, Yoshihiko, Era, Yuko, Matsumoto, Kentaro, Kanazawa, Yuji, Tomita, Atsuko, Furuta, Masanari, Washizu, Motohisa, Makino, Masahiko, Ishii, Norihisa
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.02.2011
Subjects:	Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology Bacterial Proteins - genetics Bacterial Typing Techniques Cluster Analysis DNA, Bacterial - chemistry DNA, Bacterial - genetics DNA, Ribosomal - chemistry DNA, Ribosomal - genetics Environmental Microbiology Female Humans Japan Microbial Sensitivity Tests Middle Aged Molecular Sequence Data Mycobacterium - classification Mycobacterium - genetics Mycobacterium - isolation & purification Mycobacterium Infections - diagnosis Mycobacterium Infections - microbiology Nucleic Acid Hybridization Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics Sequence Analysis, DNA Skin Diseases, Bacterial - diagnosis Skin Diseases, Bacterial - microbiology Japan
ISSN:	1098-660X, 1098-660X
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