TY - JOUR T1 - A study on tinea gladiatorum in young wrestlers and dermatophyte contamination of wrestling mats from Sari, Iran JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - 332 LP - 334 DO - 10.1136/bjsm.2006.030718 VL - 41 IS - 5 AU - Mohammad T Hedayati AU - Parvaneh Afshar AU - Tahereh Shokohi AU - Reza Aghili Y1 - 2007/05/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/41/5/332.abstract N2 - Objective: To study the prevalence of tinea gladiatorum among young wrestlers and dermatophyte contamination of wrestling mats from Sari city, the capital of Mazandaran, a northern province of Iran. Design: 324 wrestlers (aged 9–20 years) from 7 active clubs in Sari city were examined, and skin scrapings were obtained from 135 wrestlers suspected of having tinea gladiatorum. The scraped skin samples were evaluated with potassium hydroxide. Pleated carpet sterile fragments (5×5 cm) were used for to survey of wrestling mat contamination. Sabouraud’s dextrose agar with and without chloramphenicole and cyclohexamide was used to culture scrapings and wrestling mat samples. The dermatophytes were identified by routine laboratory techniques. Results: Our study showed that of the 324 wrestlers, 65 (20.1%) had tinea gladiatorum. Most lesions were on the trunk and head. All the wrestling mat samples were positive for dermatophytes. Trichophyton tonsurans was isolated from all the scrapings and wrestling mat samples. Conclusion: Considering that several colonies of T tonsurans were isolated from all the wrestling mats and from wrestlers with tinea gladiatorum (as the only dermatophyte species) we think that the contamination of wrestling mats with T tonsurans has a crucial role in the injection of wrestlers. ER -