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Effect of Household Laundering, Heat Drying, and Freezing on the Survival of Dermatophyte Conidia
Dermatomycoses are one of the most common dermatological infectious diseases. Dermatophytoses, such as tinea pedis (athlete’s foot) in adults and tinea capitis in children, are the most prevalent fungal diseases caused by dermatophytes. The transmission of anthropophilic dermatophytoses occurs almos...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9143173/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35628801 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof8050546 |
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author | Akhoundi, Mohammad Nasrallah, Jade Marteau, Anthony Chebbah, Dahlia Izri, Arezki Brun, Sophie |
author_facet | Akhoundi, Mohammad Nasrallah, Jade Marteau, Anthony Chebbah, Dahlia Izri, Arezki Brun, Sophie |
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description | Dermatomycoses are one of the most common dermatological infectious diseases. Dermatophytoses, such as tinea pedis (athlete’s foot) in adults and tinea capitis in children, are the most prevalent fungal diseases caused by dermatophytes. The transmission of anthropophilic dermatophytoses occurs almost exclusively through indirect contact with patient-contaminated belongings or environments and, subsequently, facilitates the spread of the infection to others. Hygienic measures were demonstrated to have an important role in removing or reducing the fungal burden. Herein, we evaluated the effectiveness of physical-based methods of laundering, heat drying, and freezing in the elimination of Trichophyton tonsurans, T. rubrum, and T. interdigitale conidia in diverse temperatures and time spectra. Based on our findings, laundering at 60 °C was effective for removing the dermatophyte conidia from contaminated linens. On the contrary, heat drying using domestic or laundromat machines; freezing at −20 °C for 24 h, 48 h, or one week; and direct heat exposure at 60 °C for 10, 30, or 90 min were unable to kill the dermatophytes. These results can be helpful for clinicians, staff of children’s communities, and hygiene practitioners for implementing control management strategies against dermatophytoses caused by mentioned dermatophyte species. |
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spelling | pubmed-91431732022-05-29 Effect of Household Laundering, Heat Drying, and Freezing on the Survival of Dermatophyte Conidia Akhoundi, Mohammad Nasrallah, Jade Marteau, Anthony Chebbah, Dahlia Izri, Arezki Brun, Sophie J Fungi (Basel) Article Dermatomycoses are one of the most common dermatological infectious diseases. Dermatophytoses, such as tinea pedis (athlete’s foot) in adults and tinea capitis in children, are the most prevalent fungal diseases caused by dermatophytes. The transmission of anthropophilic dermatophytoses occurs almost exclusively through indirect contact with patient-contaminated belongings or environments and, subsequently, facilitates the spread of the infection to others. Hygienic measures were demonstrated to have an important role in removing or reducing the fungal burden. Herein, we evaluated the effectiveness of physical-based methods of laundering, heat drying, and freezing in the elimination of Trichophyton tonsurans, T. rubrum, and T. interdigitale conidia in diverse temperatures and time spectra. Based on our findings, laundering at 60 °C was effective for removing the dermatophyte conidia from contaminated linens. On the contrary, heat drying using domestic or laundromat machines; freezing at −20 °C for 24 h, 48 h, or one week; and direct heat exposure at 60 °C for 10, 30, or 90 min were unable to kill the dermatophytes. These results can be helpful for clinicians, staff of children’s communities, and hygiene practitioners for implementing control management strategies against dermatophytoses caused by mentioned dermatophyte species. MDPI 2022-05-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9143173/ /pubmed/35628801 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof8050546 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Akhoundi, Mohammad Nasrallah, Jade Marteau, Anthony Chebbah, Dahlia Izri, Arezki Brun, Sophie Effect of Household Laundering, Heat Drying, and Freezing on the Survival of Dermatophyte Conidia |
title | Effect of Household Laundering, Heat Drying, and Freezing on the Survival of Dermatophyte Conidia |
title_full | Effect of Household Laundering, Heat Drying, and Freezing on the Survival of Dermatophyte Conidia |
title_fullStr | Effect of Household Laundering, Heat Drying, and Freezing on the Survival of Dermatophyte Conidia |
title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Household Laundering, Heat Drying, and Freezing on the Survival of Dermatophyte Conidia |
title_short | Effect of Household Laundering, Heat Drying, and Freezing on the Survival of Dermatophyte Conidia |
title_sort | effect of household laundering, heat drying, and freezing on the survival of dermatophyte conidia |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9143173/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35628801 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof8050546 |
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