First United States Outbreak of Mycobacterium abscessus Hand and Foot Disease Among Children Associated With a Wading Pool

201823 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Kris K. Carter · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Ingrid Lundgren · St. Luke's Children's Hospital

Sarah Correll · Central District Health Department

Tom Schmalz · Central District Health Department

Tammie McCarter · Central District Health Department

Joshua Stroud · Central District Health Department

Amanda Bruesch

Abstract

Immunocompetent children acquired M abscessus cutaneous infection involving hands and feet after exposure to a wading pool. Environmental remediation and proper pool maintenance likely halted transmission. Medical and public health professionals' collaboration effectively detected and controlled an outbreak caused by an emerging recreational waterborne pathogen.

Topics & Keywords

Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Infectious Diseases and Mycology Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Clean water and sanitation

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Volume 8, Issue 4, pp. 291-296

DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piy036

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