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To the Editor: Hooper (Sept. 16 issue)¹ reports interesting results of hot-tub therapy for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. In addition to there being potential adverse effects to the cardiovascular system, a word of caution is warranted regarding infection with pseudomonas. Whirlpool baths, hot tubs, and Jacuzzis are recognized as significant risk factors for pseudomonas folliculitis. For example, of 30 outbreaks of infection related to the use of recreational water that were reported to the Centers for Disease Control in 1989–1990, 13 outbreaks were instances of this condition.² Fatal pseudomonas infection acquired from a Jacuzzi has been reported.³ Pseudomonas . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Hot-Tub Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Hooper P. L.
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N Engl J Med 1999; 341:924-925, Sep 16, 1999. Correspondence

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