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Pathogen Fungal Isolation from Unused and Used Shoes
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the level of risk factors in terms of infection source of pathogenic fungi at tanned leather used in shoe making or unused and used shoes. Samples were taken from shoes with swaps. Of the 100 samples taken from the shoe-making leather; pathogenic fungal findings were found in 16(15%) of them, including Penicillium sp.5(5%), Aspergillus versicolor 3(3%), Fusarium sp.2(2%), Aspergillus flavus 2(2%), Aspergillus fumigatus 2(2%), Trichophyton rubrum 1(1%) and Aspergillus niger 1(1%). Besides, in the samples collected from used leather shoes.; 40 pathogenic fungal growth were identified from 100 samples collected in total which are Fusarium sp.7(7%), Rhodotorula sp.7(7%), Candida sp. 6(6%), Penicillium sp. 5(5%), Acremonium sp. 5(5%), Rhizopus sp. 4(4%), Trichophyton rubrum 3(3%), Trichophyton mentagrophytes 1(1%), Epidermophyton floccosum 1(1%) and Chrisosporium keratinophylum 1(%1). As a result of this research, It was observed that there was a significant difference between the samples taken from used shoes (40%) and unused shoes (16%) in terms of the isolation rate of pathogenic and rare pathogenic yeasts and molds(p<0.05). It has been concluded that the higher fungal isolation in the shoes used may be due to the use of common items and environmental factors, and the isolation of fungus from the samples taken from unused shoes could be due to contamination from the shoemakers and storage in inappropriate conditions.
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Supporting Institution
Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırmalar
Project Number
2014/3-22
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Structural Biology
Journal Section
Research Article
Early Pub Date
March 11, 2024
Publication Date
June 30, 2024
Submission Date
October 14, 2022
Acceptance Date
October 19, 2023
Published in Issue
Year 2024 Volume: 27 Number: 3
