Monitoring the occurrence of indoor fungi in a hospital

Revista iberoamericana de micología
Rafael Tormo-MolinaInmaculada Silva-Palacios

Abstract

There is a lack of standardized protocols for assessing the presence of indoor fungi. It is thus difficult to compare results from different studies or to measure the effect of indoor fungal presence on occupants. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the presence of airborne fungal propagules within a hospital taking into account the influence of environmental factors. The study was conducted in a hospital over a period of two years. Two portable aerobiological samplers were used: one capturing propagules onto a sticky surface, and the other onto a culture medium consisting of Sabouraud dextrose agar in Petri dishes, supplemented with chloramphenicol. Sampling was performed indoors at four sites (two on the ground floor and two on the third floor, each consisting of an open ward and a closed room). Samples were also taken outdoors. The following factors were considered for fungus occurrence: season, weather conditions, number of people present in the wards, the insulation of the indoor sites and the existence of construction works on the two floors. We carried out 60 ten-minute samples, weekly during the spring (24 samples), and fortnightly for the rest of the year (36 samples). A total of 2456 colony forming units (CFU)...Continue Reading

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