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2001, Number 1

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Rev Mex Patol Clin Med Lab 2001; 48 (1)

Candida albican findings in hands of people handling food

Bazán-Mora E, Sánchez-Paredes E, Córdoba-Martínez E, Hernández-Hernández F, Manzano-Gayosso P, López-Martínez R

Language: Spanish
References: 12
Page: 37-41
PDF size: 82.80 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Yeasts of Candida genus are frequently the cause of infections on body sites exposed to factors as humedity and maceration. In this work 1,059 food handlers from several shopping centers in the Mexico city and 139 healthy personas as control were studied. From every they samples of hands for the isolement of potentially pathogens fungi were obtained. It was found that 30.7% of workers studied are carriers of yeasts; most of isolates was found in bakery workers. From 319 yeast isolates, C. albicans corresponded to 12.4% and Candida no albicans to 85.5%; other isolated yeasts were Rhodotorula (0.9%) and Trichosporon (0.9%). In the 11.5% of control group Candida was isolated: 37.5% were C. albicans and 62.5% C. no albicans. Filamentous fungi were not isolated.


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