TY - JOUR
T1 - Etiology of toe-web disease in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
T2 - Bacteriological and mycological studies
AU - Lestringant, G. G.
AU - Saarinen, K. A.
AU - Frossard, P. M.
AU - Bener, A.
AU - Ameen, A. M.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - We examined and sampled 45 patients with toe-web intertrigo for bacteriological and mycological studies. Prominent isolated pathogens were the genus Candida (57.7%), genus Aspergillus (28.8%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (26.7%) and coliforms (24.4%). Dermatophytes scored 4.4% (Trichophyton rubrum). There were 43 patients (95.5%) who presented with marked hyperkeratosis and maceration of the toe-webs involved. The tradition of the Emirati population of sitting cross-legged may, over time, induce in the toe-webs of overweight individuals a macerated pressure-reaction hyperkeratosis that is colonized by environmental germs. T. rubrum and T. mentagrophytes are uncommon in the Al-Ain environment and this may explain the rarity of dermatophytes in toe-web intertrigo in our study.
AB - We examined and sampled 45 patients with toe-web intertrigo for bacteriological and mycological studies. Prominent isolated pathogens were the genus Candida (57.7%), genus Aspergillus (28.8%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (26.7%) and coliforms (24.4%). Dermatophytes scored 4.4% (Trichophyton rubrum). There were 43 patients (95.5%) who presented with marked hyperkeratosis and maceration of the toe-webs involved. The tradition of the Emirati population of sitting cross-legged may, over time, induce in the toe-webs of overweight individuals a macerated pressure-reaction hyperkeratosis that is colonized by environmental germs. T. rubrum and T. mentagrophytes are uncommon in the Al-Ain environment and this may explain the rarity of dermatophytes in toe-web intertrigo in our study.
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U2 - 10.26719/2001.7.1-2.38
DO - 10.26719/2001.7.1-2.38
M3 - Article
C2 - 12596950
AN - SCOPUS:0035241591
SN - 1020-3397
VL - 7
SP - 38
EP - 45
JO - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
JF - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
IS - 1-2
ER -