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海鲜工人中皮炎和手浅表性真菌感染的患病率:宁波市食品市场调查

 

Authors Le F, Liu B, Si Z, Li S, Qiao J

Received 28 November 2019

Accepted for publication 23 April 2020

Published 19 May 2020 Volume 2020:13 Pages 427—431

DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S240327

Checked for plagiarism Yes

Review by Single-blind

Peer reviewer comments 3

Editor who approved publication: Dr Kent Rondeau

Objective: Seafood workers have high risks of hand skin diseases. The purpose of this survey is to study the prevalence of occupational hand skin diseases in this population.
Methods: From March 2018 to October 2018, seafood workers in two food markets in Ningbo, China were investigated. Fungal microscopy and cultures from lesions on the hands and nails were performed. A community-based investigation of hand skin diseases was performed as a control group.
Results: One handred and eleven of 135 (82.2%) seafood workers in two food markets in Ningbo were taken into the investigation. The prevalence of hand dermatitis was 50.5% (56/111) in seafood workers, which is significantly higher than that of the control group (7.43%, < 0.001). It was found that the incidence of superficial fungal infection of the hands in seafood workers was much higher than that in community residents (26.1% vs 2.7%, < 0.001). Without wearing waterproof gloves, longer working time per day, longer history of seafood work increased the risk of hand dermatitis, instead of candidial infection of the hands and nails.
Conclusion: Hand skin diseases are highly prevalent in seafood workers in Ningbo, a city in eastern China. This public health problem should be addressed in this population.
Keywords: seafood, hand dermatitis, fungal colonization, Candida



Table 4 Comparison of Seafood Workers with and Without Hand Dermatitis and...