Abstract

Background: It is known that floor, clothes, shoes and slippers of common uses are the sources of infection by dermatophytes. However there hasn't been any report about the culture of dermatopytes from slippers in operating room.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the contamination status of the slippers in operating room by dermatophytes and the effect of antifungal agent disinfection.

Methods: The samples were collected from 240 pairs of slippers that were used in common at operating room of Daegu Catholic University Medical Center with scrapping method. The collected samples were cultured on the media with chloramphenicol (500 mg/L) and cycloheximide (500 mg/L) to control the growth of nondermatophytic fungi. The same collection and culture was done again after the antifungal agent (terbinafine) disinfection.

Results: Dermatophytes were isolated from 22 (9.2%) pairs of slippers from a total of 240 pairs before the treatment, and 9 (3.8%) pairs after the treatment. There was significant difference in isolation rate between the slippers before the treatment and after the treatment (p=0.016). Trichophyton (T.) mentagrophytes and T. rubrum were isolated from the slippers and T. mentagrophytes (54.8%) was the most common isolated fungus.

Conclusion: About ten percent of slippers in operation room were contaminated by dermatophytes. Regular antifungal agent disinfection on slippers in operating room will help to decrease in the prevalence of dermatophytes growth and prevent the nosocomial infection.

Keywords

Antifungal agent disinfection Dermatophytes Slippers in operating room

KJMM 2012 September;17(3):168-175(8). Epub 2016 February 17
Copyright © 2012 by Korean Journal of Medical Mycology

Language

Korean/English

Author

Ki Hun Chung; Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
Joon Soo Park; Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
Hyun Chung; Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
Jae Bok Jun; The Catholic University of Daegu, Catholic Skin Clinic, Daegu, Korea
Yong Joon Bang; The Catholic University of Daegu, Catholic Skin Clinic, Daegu, Korea

Corresponding

Joon Soo Park, Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. Tel: (053) 650-4161, Fax: (053) 650-4891, e-mail: g9563009@cu.ac.kr

Publication history

Received 30 April 2012; Revised 20 August 2012; Accepted 23 August 2012.

Acknowledgements

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Ki Hun Chung

Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea

Joon Soo Park

Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea

Hyun Chung

Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea

Jae Bok Jun

The Catholic University of Daegu, Catholic Skin Clinic, Daegu, Korea

Yong Joon Bang

The Catholic University of Daegu, Catholic Skin Clinic, Daegu, Korea

Since epub date 2016 February 17