Clinical Trial: Wind Instruments' Fungal Contamination

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: Study of Wind Reed Instruments' Fungal Contamination and Its Immunological and Clinical Consequences for Musicians.

Brief Summary: On the basis of 2 cases of immunologically-induced lung disease in 2 saxophonists, the investigators supposed that wind reed instruments could be contaminated with molds. The investigators led a study on 40 musicians playing a wind reed instrument to analyze instruments' fungal contamination and its immunological and clinical consequences for musicians.