An outbreak of tinea gladiatorum in Lanzarote.
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.
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Department of Dermatology, Hospital General of Lanzarote, Arrecife (Las Palmas), Spain.
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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