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Athlete’s foot and associated risk factors: a cross-sectional mixed-methods study
  1. Fetty Aliuddin1,
  2. A Lyons2,3,
  3. O O'Sullivan1,4,
  4. S Kluzek1,5 and
  5. R Pearson1
  1. 1 Academic Unit of Injury, Rehabilitation and Inflammation Science, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
  2. 2 University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division, Oxford, UK
  3. 3 Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK
  4. 4 Academic Department of Military Rehabilitation, DMRC Stanford Hall, Loughborough, UK
  5. 5 Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr R Pearson, Academic Unit of Injury, Rehabilitation and Inflammation Science, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG27 2UH, UK; richard.pearson{at}nottingham.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/military-2023-002379

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    Tinea pedis (TP), known as athlete’s foot, is a dermatophyte-induced superficial skin infection, prevalent in 2.9%–43% of athletes and military personnel, occurring in the interdigital space, usually the fourth and fifth.1 The dermatophytes are of three genera: Trichophyton, Microsporum and Epidermophyton. TP is infectious and recurrent, and affects quality of life, due to unpleasant symptoms, reinfection and social stigma. Risk factors include prolonged wearing of ‘sweaty shoes’, communal showers and close contact with infected persons. Furthermore, military personnel arguably have lower immunity especially during extended field exercises or operational deployment.2 Therefore, education and delivery of good foot hygiene is a critically important part of basic military training to reduce the impact of TP.3

    This study aimed to further explore potential risk factors, including …

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    • SK and RP are joint senior authors.

    • Contributors RP and SK conceived the project. FA gathered the data. FA and AL analysed and wrote the first draft. RP, SK and OO'S provided guidance and edited the manuscript. All authors agreed to the final version. RP acts as the guarantor.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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