title: An outbreak of tinea gladiatorum in Lanzarote.
abstract: Canary Islands wrestling is a variant of the sport played exclusively in that region, and is associated with close participant contact. An outbreak of a fungal infection, so-called tinea gladiatorum, amongst such wrestlers in Lanzarote, one island in the archipelago is now described. 102 wrestlers from the eight teams on the island were examined; some of the clubs are 50 km apart; 45 wrestlers (44.1% of those examined) were noted to be affected. To our knowledge, this is the largest reported series of patients with tinea gladiatorum and the only one to demonstrate such infection in a variety of geographical locations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Hospital General of Lanzarote, Arrecife (Las Palmas), Spain.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pique
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Copado
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cabrera
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Olivares
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Fariña
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Escalonilla
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Soriano
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Requena
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001266:Atlantic Islands / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014005:Tinea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D014952:Wrestling