Children and Sand Play: Screening of Potential Harmful Microorganisms in Sandboxes, Parks, and Beaches
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Resumo: | Sand serves as a reservoir for potentially pathogenic microorganisms. Children, a high-risk group, can acquire infections from sand in sandboxes, recreational areas, and beaches. This paper reviews the microbes in sands, with an emphasis on fungi. Recreational areas and beach sands have been found to harbor many types of fungi and microbes. A newly emerging group of fungi of concern include the black yeast-like fungi. After establishing that sand is a reservoir for fungi, clinical manifestations of fungal infections are described with an emphasis on ocular and ear infections. Overall, we recommend environmental studies to develop monitoring strategies for sand and studies to evaluate the link between fungi exposure in sand and human health impacts. |
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Children and Sand Play: Screening of Potential Harmful Microorganisms in Sandboxes, Parks, and BeachesPathogenic MicroorganismsInfectionChildrenFungiInfecções Sistémicas e ZoonosesSand serves as a reservoir for potentially pathogenic microorganisms. Children, a high-risk group, can acquire infections from sand in sandboxes, recreational areas, and beaches. This paper reviews the microbes in sands, with an emphasis on fungi. Recreational areas and beach sands have been found to harbor many types of fungi and microbes. A newly emerging group of fungi of concern include the black yeast-like fungi. After establishing that sand is a reservoir for fungi, clinical manifestations of fungal infections are described with an emphasis on ocular and ear infections. Overall, we recommend environmental studies to develop monitoring strategies for sand and studies to evaluate the link between fungi exposure in sand and human health impacts.Springer/ Current Medicine GroupRepositório Científico do Instituto Nacional de SaúdeRomão, DanielaSabino, RaquelVeríssimo, CristinaMarom, TalGunde-Cimmerman, NinaNovak Babič, MonikaBarroso, HelenaBrandão, JoãoSolo-Gabriele, HelenaDuarte, AidaViegas, Carla2016-08-02T00:30:09Z2015-092015-09-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/3185engCurr Fungal Infect Rep. 2015;9(3):155-63 . doi:10.1007/s12281-015-0230-51936-3761(print)10.1007/s12281-015-0230-5info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-20T15:39:39Zoai:repositorio.insa.pt:10400.18/3185Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:38:06.252996Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Children and Sand Play: Screening of Potential Harmful Microorganisms in Sandboxes, Parks, and Beaches |
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Children and Sand Play: Screening of Potential Harmful Microorganisms in Sandboxes, Parks, and Beaches |
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Children and Sand Play: Screening of Potential Harmful Microorganisms in Sandboxes, Parks, and Beaches Romão, Daniela Pathogenic Microorganisms Infection Children Fungi Infecções Sistémicas e Zoonoses |
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Children and Sand Play: Screening of Potential Harmful Microorganisms in Sandboxes, Parks, and Beaches |
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Children and Sand Play: Screening of Potential Harmful Microorganisms in Sandboxes, Parks, and Beaches |
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Children and Sand Play: Screening of Potential Harmful Microorganisms in Sandboxes, Parks, and Beaches |
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Children and Sand Play: Screening of Potential Harmful Microorganisms in Sandboxes, Parks, and Beaches |
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Children and Sand Play: Screening of Potential Harmful Microorganisms in Sandboxes, Parks, and Beaches |
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Romão, Daniela |
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Romão, Daniela Sabino, Raquel Veríssimo, Cristina Marom, Tal Gunde-Cimmerman, Nina Novak Babič, Monika Barroso, Helena Brandão, João Solo-Gabriele, Helena Duarte, Aida Viegas, Carla |
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author |
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Sabino, Raquel Veríssimo, Cristina Marom, Tal Gunde-Cimmerman, Nina Novak Babič, Monika Barroso, Helena Brandão, João Solo-Gabriele, Helena Duarte, Aida Viegas, Carla |
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Repositório Científico do Instituto Nacional de Saúde |
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Romão, Daniela Sabino, Raquel Veríssimo, Cristina Marom, Tal Gunde-Cimmerman, Nina Novak Babič, Monika Barroso, Helena Brandão, João Solo-Gabriele, Helena Duarte, Aida Viegas, Carla |
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Pathogenic Microorganisms Infection Children Fungi Infecções Sistémicas e Zoonoses |
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Pathogenic Microorganisms Infection Children Fungi Infecções Sistémicas e Zoonoses |
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Sand serves as a reservoir for potentially pathogenic microorganisms. Children, a high-risk group, can acquire infections from sand in sandboxes, recreational areas, and beaches. This paper reviews the microbes in sands, with an emphasis on fungi. Recreational areas and beach sands have been found to harbor many types of fungi and microbes. A newly emerging group of fungi of concern include the black yeast-like fungi. After establishing that sand is a reservoir for fungi, clinical manifestations of fungal infections are described with an emphasis on ocular and ear infections. Overall, we recommend environmental studies to develop monitoring strategies for sand and studies to evaluate the link between fungi exposure in sand and human health impacts. |
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