INCIDENCE OF OCCULT ATHLETES FOOT IN SWIMMERS

被引：25

作者：

ATTYE, A

AUGER, P

JOLY, J

机构：

[1] Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, H3C 3J7, CP 6128, Succ. A

来源：

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY | 1990年 / 6卷 / 03期

关键词：

Athlete's foot; Swimmers; Tinea pedis; Trichophyton mentagrophytes; Trichophyton rubrum;

D O I：

10.1007/BF00150426

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Athlete's foot is a dermatophytic infection frequently found in adults. This disease is, in some cases, asymptomatic. In order to evaluate the incidence of subelinical infection, we obtained 300 toe-web samples from the fourth interdigital space of 150 regular swimmers. More over, 66 specimens from the pool area were analysed. The method used was the carpet technique described by Mariat et al. (10). The fungal isolates were identified according to standard methods. A list of epidemiological data was completed for every swimmer. In our results, 22 swimmers had positive cultures (15%), 8 of these cases had no lesions (36%). They included 7 infections with Trichophyton mentagrophytes (87.5%) and one with T. rubrum (12.5%). We observed one case with a dual infection. Only one sample from the inanimate environment was positive. This study showed a significant incidence of occult athlete's foot in swimmers. To control this endemic problem, adequate preventive measures must be taken. © 1990 Kluwer Academic Publishers.

引用

页码：244 / 247

页数：4

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