[Use of products made of antimicrobial materials in the prevention of foot mycoses]. / Primenenie izdelii iz antimikrobnykh materialov dlia profilaktiki mikozov stop.

Field trials were conducted to evaluate effectiveness of mycoses prophylaxis gained by use of antimicrobial insoles and foot-binding with fungicide agents. The trials involved 100 novice soldiers. Bacteriology and bacterioscopy studies diagnosed 47 soldiers as having subclinical mycosis of feet. Using antimicrobial insoles and foot-binding caused considerably lower occurrence of pathogenic fungi in the skin samples; using antimicrobial insoles with regular foot-binding resulted in no changes of the skin microflora. The authors recommend wide application of antimicrobial stuff with fungicide agents for prophylaxis of feet mycosis.