期刊名称：Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1232-1966
电子版ISSN：1898-2263
出版年度：2000
卷号：7
期号：02
页码：125-125–129
出版社：Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要：The study was aimed at assessing the frequency of zoophilic and geophilic
fungal infections among farmers compared to non-farmers in eastern Poland. The study
was carried out on adult patients with a suspicion of fungal infection of skin or its
appendages. Skin scrapings or nail fragments were cultured on Sabouraud agar with
chloramphenicol and cycloheximide for at least 3 weeks, and then identified based on
macroscopic and microscopic morphology. In total, 116 subjects were included into the
farmers group, 67 females and 49 males, aged 18–88 (median 53) years. Dermatophyte
infection was found in 64 farmers (55.2%). Anthropophilic dermatophytes were
identified in 61 farmers (52.6%), whereas zoophilic or geophilic dermatophytes – in
only 5 farmers (4.3%). Trichophyton verrucosum was found in 3 cases, while T.
terrestrae and Microsporum gypseum – 1 case each. The control group comprised 74
non-farmers, 40 females and 34 males, aged 18–93 (median 47) years. Among them,
dermatophyte infection was found in 35 (47.3%) patients. Anthropophilic dermatophytes
were identified in 30 (40.5%), whereas zoophilic or geophilic dermatophytes in 6 persons
(8.1%): M. canis in 2 patients, and T. verrucosum, T. mentagrophytes var. mentagrophytes
(granulosum), M. nanum, and T. terrestrae – 1 case each. There were no significant
differences between farmers and non-farmers. Zoophilic and geophilic fungi identified
in our study were responsible either for superficial mycosis and/or onychomycosis, no
case of deep mycoses or scalp infections were found. Our data suggest that zoophilic
and geophilic dermatophytoses are not frequent among eastern-Polish farmers.
