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