Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
İnternational Boron Symposium BORON-2022, İstanbul, Türkiye, 5 - 07 Ekim 2022, ss.79-80
The increase in population, the increase in collective living spaces and human contact, tourism,
wars, migrations and lack of attention to hygiene rules increase the incidence of microbiological
fungi and bacteria in standing. These factors facilitate both the reproduction and transmission
of the microbes that cause the disease (Kawai, 2017). On the other hand, general health
problems such as diabetes, obesity, malnutrition, and circulatory disorders facilitate the
formation of foot fungus and bacteria (Özkan, 2018). Bacteria can adhere to almost any surface
and multiply, forming structurally complex communities called biofilms. Bacteria in the biofilm
develop in multicellular aggregates covered with the extracellular matrix they have formed
(Öztürk, 2017). In this study, it is aimed to reveal the preventive effects of boric acid-containing
flexible polyurethane (PU) foam against fungus and foot bacteria on comfort plates called
fusped, which are becoming widespread in sports shoes used daily.