Thursday, July 23, 2009

Commonly affected body sites in 92 Japanese combat sports participants

Outbreaks of Trichophyton tonsurans infection constitute one of the serious problems among combat sports practitioners in Japan. To facilitate the diagnosis of individuals at risk, we undertook a study to determine which body sites are most commonly infected. We reviewed medical data, hairbrush culture results and questionnaire information from patients with T. tonsurans infection who were admitted to the dermatology clinic of Juntendo University hospital from 2000 to 2004. The study included 92 patients (87 males), aged 6-38 years (mean age: 18.4 years old). Eighty-nine patients were judo practitioners and three were wrestlers. Twenty-eight patients (30.4%) were asymptomatic carriers. In 64 patients, 51 patients (55.4%) with tinea corporis, 27 patients (29.3%) with tinea capitis, and/or one patient (1.1%) with tinea manuum were seen. Tinea corporis was observed on the forehead, auricles, nape of the neck, bilateral shoulders, left side of the upper chest, both elbows, back of the left hand to the wrist and both knees. Tinea capitis was most common in the occipitonuchal region at the hairline and in the temporal and frontal regions, at both auricles. Initial screening of these sites might facilitate the identification of the infection especially in judo practitioners.

Author Affiliation:

(1)Department of Dermatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo

(2)Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Tokyo

(3)Seminar of Judo, School of Health and Sports Science, Juntendo University, Chiba, Japan

Article History:

Accepted for publication 9 July 2008

Article note:

Yumi Shiraki, MD, PhD, Department of Dermatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Hongo 2-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan. Tel.: +81 3 5802 1089. Fax: +81 3 3813 9443. E-mail: yshiraki@med.juntendo.ac.jp




Source Citation:Shiraki, Yumi, Masataro Hiruma, Nobuyoshi Hirose, and Shigaku Ikeda. "Commonly affected body sites in 92 Japanese combat sports participants with Trichophyton tonsurans infection.(Report)." Mycoses 52.4 (July 2009): 339(4). Academic OneFile. Gale. BROWARD COUNTY LIBRARY. 23 July 2009
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Gale Document Number:A201455898

Disclaimer:This information is not a tool for self-diagnosis or a substitute for professional care.

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