J Athl Train. 2000 Oct;35(4):427-30.
To determine if the fungal molds (dermatophytes) responsible for causing ringworm could be isolated from a section of wrestling mat during the 1998-1999 season.
A 2-part study was conducted. The first phase involved a culture evaluation of material taken from wrestling mats at 8 local high schools. The second phase was a bench laboratory study to determine if the fungus and molds could be grown from a wrestling mat in an optimal setting.
We obtained material from areas of the practice mats of 8 high school wrestling teams at monthly intervals during the wrestling season. A 0.61-m (2-ft)x 0.31-m (1-ft) area of mat from 1 of the schools was used for the laboratory phase of the study.
We cultured samples taken from each school's wrestling mats for growth of dermatophytes and used a questionnaire to determine the mat-washing habits and policies of each school. Also, wrestlers from the 8 schools were screened weekly by the designated team physician and certified athletic trainer. Any suspicious lesions were cultured for fungi.
No dermatophytes were grown from the swab specimens taken at the 8 schools, and no dermatophytes were isolated from a section of mat evaluated in optimal laboratory conditions.
It is unlikely that wrestling mats are a source of ringworm infections in wrestlers.
确定引起癣的真菌（皮肤癣菌）是否可以从 1998-1999 赛季的摔跤垫的一部分中分离出来。
进行了两部分研究。第一阶段涉及对当地 8 所高中的摔跤垫材料进行培养评估。第二阶段是一个 bench 实验室研究，以确定真菌和霉菌是否可以在最佳环境中从摔跤垫中生长。
我们每月从 8 支高中摔跤队的练习垫的各个区域获取材料。一所学校的 1 个 0.61 米（2 英尺）x 0.31 米（1 英尺）的垫子用于研究的实验室阶段。
我们培养取自每个学校摔跤垫的样本，以培养皮肤癣菌，并使用问卷确定每个学校的垫子清洗习惯和政策。此外，8 所学校的摔跤手每周都由指定的队医和认证的运动训练师进行筛查。对任何可疑的病变进行真菌培养。
在 8 所学校采集的拭子标本中未培养出皮肤癣菌，在最佳实验室条件下也未从评估的垫子部分中分离出皮肤癣菌。
摔跤垫不太可能成为摔跤运动员癣感染的来源。
