Contaminants in human nail dust: an occupational hazard in podiatry?

Table 1 Types of fungi cultured from podiatrists and controls

Type of fungus	Podiatrists N = 50	%	Controls N = 45	%
Aspergillus fumigatus	22	44	4	9
Aspergillus versicolor	0	0	3	7
Penicillium spp	13	26	10	22
Unidentified yeast	3	6	20	44
Scytilidium spp	1	2	0	0
Unidentified dematiaceous fungus	17	34	15	33
Bacillus	1	2	0	0
Alternaria	1	2	0	0
Phaeoannellomyces werneckii	1	2	8	17
Staphylococcus aureus	1	2	0	0
Microsporum ferrugineum	1	2	0	0
Hyaline hyphomycetes	1	2	4	9
Unidentified	3	6	7	15

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