Dermatophytosis in Industry

A Case of Traumatic Caesarean Section

“…BIrnL MIMICAL JOURNAL area confirm this view and show that the failure of many previous attempts was due to deficiencies in the methods used (Peck et al, 1944). The large number of isolates obtained at the June sampling from shower B is probably the result of sampling the shower immediately after it had been used by an infected person.…”

The Isolation of Dermatophytes from the Floors of Communal Bathing Places

“…Peck et al (1944) proved they could exist for long periods of time on concrete floors and that the pH of aged concrete was compatible with growth, but they did not show that growth actually took place. Duncan (1948) admitted the possibility of growth on wooden floors, but Riddell (1951) was of the opinion that infections were not obtained from organisms living saprophytically on the floors.…”

“…Duncan (1948) admitted the possibility of growth on wooden floors, but Riddell (1951) was of the opinion that infections were not obtained from organisms living saprophytically on the floors. Peck et al (1944) could grow isolates from sterilized concrete only after vesicles on the feet of infected persons who walked on the surface had been ruptured. Colonies grown under such conditions probably came from infected skin fragments, which are present on floors under normal conditions, as is shown by the findings of Adamson and Annan (1949) and Gentles and Holmes (1957).…”

“…Peck, Botvinick, and Schwartz (1944) made over 60 unsuccessful attempts to obtain a dermatophyte from shower floors used by hundreds of workers, many of whom had active infections. They concluded that the fungi were either not widely disseminated on the floors or that they were washed down the drains in sufficient numbers during the procedure of taking showers * Actidione is obtainab!e from the Upjohn Co., Kalamazoo, Michigan. to make their recovery difficult with the methods they had available.…”