Tinea Pedis: The Relationship Between Symptoms, Organisms and Host Characteristics

Abstract

Studies of foot infection in coal miners and in office and shop workers revealed high prevalence rates of Assuring and maceration associated with filamentous fungi and/or Gram-negative bacilli. The more severely affected had higher prevalence rates for potential pathogens, but this was not reflected in quantitative counts of organisms. Those practicing sports were less likely to have signs or symptoms of foot infection, though wet sports were more often associated with Gram-negative bacilli than were dry sports.