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Title: | Carpet weaving: An occupational risk for onychomycosis? | Authors: | Kaçar, Nida Ergin, Şeniz Ergin, Çağrı Arslan, Şafak Şanlı Erdoğan, Berna |
Keywords: | Carpet Disease Occupation Onychomycosis Weaving acrylic acid derivative glue adolescent adult aged article controlled study female finger nail fungal colonization fungus culture fungus growth human infection risk major clinical study microscopy mycology occupational hazard onychomycosis prevalence priority journal textile worker comparative study follow up Foot Dermatoses fungus isolation and purification microbiology middle aged Occupational Diseases occupational exposure risk factor textile young adult Adolescent Adult Aged Female Follow-Up Studies Fungi Humans Middle Aged Occupational Exposure Prevalence Risk Factors Textiles Young Adult |
Publisher: | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | Abstract: | Background Some occupations carry a risk for fungal infections. Objective To investigate the prevalence of onychomycosis in carpet weavers. Methods Seventy-seven weavers (the mean age ± SD = 32.97 ± 12.38) from three factories and 77 controls (the mean age ± SD = 38.32 ± 12.38) were examined for onychomycosis. Samples from nails and the carpets, which were being weaved, were taken for mycological investigations. Results Direct microscopic examination of only two controls' normal-appearing nails was positive. Fungal growth was observed in the culture of four weavers' normal-appearing nails. It was watched over that most of the weavers had polished-appearing nails and were using a glue containing cynoacrylate to restore their broken nails due to weaving. Conclusion The fungal growth observed in weavers' nails has been accepted as colonization. There is no data about the presence of fungi on normal-appearing nails. So, we thought that the weavers with fungal colonization should be followed for the development of onychomycosis. © 2009 European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/11499/6520 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-3083.2009.03402.x |
ISSN: | 0926-9959 |
Appears in Collections: | PubMed İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / PubMed Indexed Publications Collection Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection Tıp Fakültesi Koleksiyonu WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection |
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