Prevalence and Awareness of Tinea pedis in Italian Sailors

Ingordo, Vito; Fracchiolla, Stefania; Figliola, Francesco; D’Andria, Giuliano; Colecchia, Bruno; Naldi, Luigi

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“…Because of limited laboratory facilities, manpower and poor follow‐up rates, microscopic examinations of skin scrapings and mycological confirmations by culture were only performed in 45% of cases. In previous studies the frequency of mycological proven disease was relatively low (approximately 40%), as compared to the number of subjects presenting with clinically visible signs 11 . Hence the actual number of dermatophyte infections may be overestimated based on clinical findings alone.…”

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Dermatology in the military: an East Timor study

Lim

2005

Int J Dermatology

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Dermatology in the military: an East Timor study

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“…interdigitale [32, ][34, ][36]. The latter species has been more frequently isolated from samples taken from asymptomatic members of the general population [2, 37] and from selected subgroups [18, 22, 25, 27] and is associated with clinical manifestations influenced by precipitating factors (e.g. occlusive shoes, physical exercise) [15, 25].…”

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“…Some studies have shown a significant correlation between the two conditions [15, 39], other authors have not confirmed any such connection [18, 27, 31, 40]. …”

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“…schoolchildren, agro-industrial workers, military men, coal miners, public bathers, sport-active individuals, diabetics etc.) [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31]. The vast majority of the studies which relate clinical manifestations to specific pathogenic agents are hospital-based patient series [8].…”

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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Superficial Fungal Infections among Italian Navy Cadets

Ingordo¹,

Naldi²,

Fracchiolla³

et al. 2004

Dermatology

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Background: Limited studies on the prevalence and risk factors for superficial mycoses are available. Objective: The aim of this paper was to evaluate the prevalence and risk factors for superficial mycoses (dermatophytes and Candida spp.) in a sample of young Italian people resident at a military school. Methods: A total of 1,024 young cadets from the Italian Navy Petty Officers School in Taranto, including 975 (95.21%) males and 49 (4.79%) females, mean age 22.5 ± 3.0 years (range 18–30), were consecutively examined by the same observer. A complete dermatological examination was performed on all the subjects, and skin scrapings for microscopy and fungal culture were obtained from suspected lesions. All the subjects completed a questionnaire providing information on sports practice, swimming-pool attendance, marching, wearing shower sandals, frequent use of ‘gummed’ shoes, history of severe traumas to the nails, presence of hyperhidrosis and history of superficial mycoses. The affected subjects were also asked if they were aware of their condition. Data were analysed by the Statistical Analysis System, version 8.0. The Fisher exact test and odds ratios were calculated. Results: A total of 33 subjects (3.2%) were found to suffer from a mycologically confirmed fungal infection (3% by dermatophytes and 0.2% by Candida albicans): tinea pedis/Candida intertrigo of the feet was suspected in 126 (12.1%) subjects and confirmed in 30 (2.9%), including 28 cases of tinea pedis and 2 cases of Candida intertrigo; tinea cruris/Candida intertrigo of the groin was suspected in 28 (2.7%) subjects, but confirmed in only 1 case (0.1%); onychomycosis was suspected in 64 (6.1%) subjects and confirmed in 2 cases (0.2%). The organism most frequently responsible in tinea pedis was Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. interdigitale (82.1%). The same species (50%) and T. mentagrophytes var. mentagrophytes (50%) were associated with tinea unguium, Epidermophyton floccosum was the only species detected in tinea cruris. Non-dermatophytic filamentous fungi (Penicillium spp., Fusarium spp., Aspergillus spp. and Paecilomyces spp.), not considered pathogenic, were isolated in 48 samples. None of the risk factors analysed were significantly associated with fungal infection. Only 2 subjects out of the 33 people affected were aware of their condition. They both had tinea pedis. Conclusion: The prevalence of mycoses in sailors living in an Italian military school was lower than rates detected in other military populations. This may be due to the cadets’ lifestyle and environmental conditions. The most frequent infection was tinea pedis, mainly caused by T. interdigitale. None of the investigated risk factors were significantly associated with the disease, and most of the affected individuals were not aware of their condition.

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“…Tinea pedis infection is very common in some professions, including the military. However, few studies have assessed the prevalence of tinea pedis in military personnel 1–8 . There are no prior data on fungal foot infection in the Algerian military population.…”

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A clinicomycological study of fungal foot infections among Algerian military personnel

Djeridane

Ammar-Khodja

2006

Clin Exp Dermatol

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There have been few studies on fungal infection of the foot in military personnel. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and aetiological factors of superficial mycoses of the foot in military personnel attending the Department of Dermatology of the Army Central Hospital in Algiers, Algeria. A complete dermatological examination was performed in 650 male military personnel. Cultures of skin and nail specimens of the feet were performed for each participant. Fungal infection of the foot (including tinea pedis and Candida interdigital infection) was clinically diagnosed in 147, and confirmed in 119 by positive cultures, resulting in a total prevalence of 18.3%. When subjects were grouped according to military rank, fungal infection of the foot was prevalent in troop soldiers; when grouped according to years of service to the army, the infection was frequent in military recruits. The dermatophyte species Trichophyton rubrum (20.9%) and the yeast species Candida parapsilosis (18.7%) were shown to be the major causal agents isolated. Tinea pedis and Candida interdigital infection are the most prevalent (68%) superficial fungal infections among Algerian military personnel.

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Prevalence and Awareness of Tinea pedis in Italian Sailors

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Dermatology in the military: an East Timor study

Dermatology in the military: an East Timor study

Prevalence and Risk Factors for Superficial Fungal Infections among Italian Navy Cadets

A clinicomycological study of fungal foot infections among Algerian military personnel

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