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Outbreak of Rash in Children Associated with Recreational Mud Exposure
Author(s) -
TURABELIDZE GEORGE,
TUCKER ALISON,
BUTLER CINDY,
GIBBS ELIZABETH,
FICK FRANK
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2008.00780.x
Subject(s) - outbreak , rash , medicine , enterobacter cloacae , incubation period , attack rate , pediatrics , dermatology , virology , incubation , enterobacteriaceae , biology , biochemistry , escherichia coli , gene
We conducted an investigation of a rash outbreak in children who attended the “Mud Mania Festival.” The mean incubation period of illness was 26 hours, and mean duration was 4.3 days. Time spent in mud was associated with the extent of rash in a dose–response fashion. The cultures from lesions of two unrelated cases yielded Enterobacter cloacae .