Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/6520
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
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