Pseudomonas folliculitis
Glossary term
/ˌsjuː.dəˈməʊ.nəs fəˌlɪk.jʊˈlaɪ.tɪs/
Hot-tub rash caused by Pseudomonas. The comparatively genteel end of the communal-spa disease spectrum.
Appears in
- Amoeba Dick chapters:
From the books (1 passage)
…tub folliculitis came to be associated mainly if not exclusively with P.aeruginosa, so much so that the terms ‘Pseudomonas folliculitis’ and ‘hot tub folliculitis’ became and to some extent remain interchangeable. See e.g. Zacherle & Silver [1982]. A number of different P.aeruginosa serotypes have been associated with folliculitis outbreaks, with serotype 0.11 identified by Ratnam et al [ibid.] as the