TABLE 1.

Outbreaks of pathogens associated with textiles

Microorganism	References
Salmonella typhimurium	Steere et al. (1975)
Salmonella hadar	Standaert et al. (1994)
Microsporum canis	Shah et al. (1988)
Sacroptes scabiei	Fijan and Turk (2012)
Acinetobacter	Weernink et al. (1995)
MRSA	Bloomfield et al. (2011)
Staphylococcus spp.	Payne (1959)
Bacillus cereus	Fijan and Turk (2012)
Clostridioides difficile	Owen and Laird (2020)
Hepatitis A virus	Keeffe (2004)
Vaccinia—smallpox	England (1982)
Respiratory infections	Bloomfield et al. (2011)
Neisseria gonorrhoea	Goodyear‐Smith (2007)
Hepatitis B virus	Kim and Ahn (1993)