Prevalence of Dermatitis and Superficial Fungal Infection of the Hands in Seafood Workers: An Investigation from Food Markets in Ningbo, China.

Candida fungal colonization hand dermatitis seafood

Journal

Risk management and healthcare policy
ISSN: 1179-1594
Titre abrégé: Risk Manag Healthc Policy
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101566264

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
received: 28 11 2019
accepted: 23 04 2020
entrez: 18 6 2020
pubmed: 18 6 2020
medline: 18 6 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Seafood workers have high risks of hand skin diseases. The purpose of this survey is to study the prevalence of occupational hand skin diseases in this population. From March 2018 to October 2018, seafood workers in two food markets in Ningbo, China were investigated. Fungal microscopy and cultures from lesions on the hands and nails were performed. A community-based investigation of hand skin diseases was performed as a control group. One handred and eleven of 135 (82.2%) seafood workers in two food markets in Ningbo were taken into the investigation. The prevalence of hand dermatitis was 50.5% (56/111) in seafood workers, which is significantly higher than that of the control group (7.43%, Hand skin diseases are highly prevalent in seafood workers in Ningbo, a city in eastern China. This public health problem should be addressed in this population.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32547273
doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S240327
pii: 240327
pmc: PMC7245475
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

427-431

Informations de copyright

© 2020 Le et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Auteurs

Feng Le (F)

Department of Dermatology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Department of Dermatology, Beilun Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Ningbo, People's Republic of China.

Bin Liu (B)

Department of Dermatology, Beilun Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Ningbo, People's Republic of China.

Zixiang Si (Z)

Department of Dermatology, Beilun Branch of the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Ningbo, People's Republic of China.

Sheng Li (S)

Department of Dermatology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.

Jianjun Qiao (J)

Department of Dermatology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.

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