Review Article
Adverse Events of Acupuncture: A Systematic Review of Case Reports
Table 3
Infectious outbreaks associated with acupuncture (191 cases).
| First author/year (references) | Country | Cases | Diagnosis | Practitioner | Followup time |
| Woo 2002 [50] | HK | 4 | Alcohol-resistant mycobacteria | Not specified | Recovered | Tang 2006 [51] | Canada | 32 | Mycobacteriosis | Acupuncturist | Recovered | Song 2006 [52] | Korea
| 40 | Mycobacteriosis | Oriental medical clinic | Recovered | Murray 2008 [53] | Australia | 6 | MRSA | Acupuncturist | Recovered | Koh 2010 [54] | Korea | 109 | Mycobacteriosis | Acupuncturist | Recovered |
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