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Pseudomonas Dermatitis/Folliculitis Associated With Pools and Hot Tubs—Colorado and Maine, 1999-2000
Arch Dermatol. 2001;137:522-523.
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DURING 1999-2000, outbreaks of Pseudomonas aeruginosa dermatitis and otitis externa associated with swimming pool and hot tub use occurred in Colorado and Maine. This report summarizes these outbreaks and provides recommendations for swimming pool and hot tub operation and maintenance, particularly when using offsite monitoring of water disinfectant and pH levels or when cyanuric acid is added to pools as a chlorine stabilizer.
Colorado
In February 1999, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) was notified of approximately 15 persons with folliculitis after they had used a hotel pool and hot tub. The cases occurred among children and adults attending two birthday parties at the hotel and among community residents who entered the pool on a pay-to-swim basis. The patients were treated for suspected Pseudomonas skin infections; one patient tested positive for Pseudomonas sp. by culture of a skin lesion.
Twenty-five community residents who used the pool and/or hot . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Maine
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