Indoor airborne fungal pollution in newborn units in Turkey.
Environ Monit Assess
; 189(7): 362, 2017 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
Pathogenic and/or opportunistic fungal species are major causes of nosocomial infections, especially in controlled environments where immunocompromised patients are hospitalized. Indoor fungal contamination in hospital air is associated with a wide range of adverse health effects. Regular determination of fungal spore counts in controlled hospital environments may help reduce the risk of fungal infections. Because infants have inchoate immune systems, they are given immunocompromised patient status. The aim of the present study was to evaluate culturable airborne fungi in the air of hospital newborn units in the Thrace, Marmara, Aegean, and Central Anatolia regions of Turkey. A total of 108 air samples were collected seasonally from newborn units in July 2012, October 2012, January 2013, and April 2013 by using an air sampler and dichloran 18% glycerol agar (DG18) as isolation media. We obtained 2593 fungal colonies comprising 370 fungal isolates representing 109 species of 28 genera, which were identified through multi-loci gene sequencing. Penicillium, Aspergillus, Cladosporium, Talaromyces, and Alternaria were the most abundant genera identified (35.14, 25.40, 17.57, 2.70, and 6.22% of the total, respectively).
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01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
2_ODS3
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Esporos Fúngicos
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Monitoramento Ambiental
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Poluição do Ar em Ambientes Fechados
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Microbiologia do Ar
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Berçários Hospitalares
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
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Infant
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Newborn
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Environ Monit Assess
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article