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Universidade de Fortaleza
2012
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- FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY OF AIR IN HOSPITALS IN THE CITY OF FORTALEZA, CEARÁ, BRAZIL Lydia Dayanne Maia Pantoja Manuela Soares Couto Natanael Pinheiro Leitão Junior Bruno Lopes de Sousa Charles Ielpo Mourão Germana Costa Paixão Salud Fungi Hospitals Environmental Monitoring Objectives: To monitor the environment in specific areas of three tertiary hospitals in Fortaleza - CE, seeking to report the presence of potentially pathogenic fungi for patients and staff, contributing to a better risk assessment in these hospitals. Methods: In the period from December, 2005 to November, 2006, air samples from three public hospitals were collected monthly, which resulted in 180 air samples originated in 15 hospitals. The biological specimens were collected using the passive method of sedimentation, with exposure of Petri dishes containing Sabouraud agar supplemented with antibiotic. The dishes were incubated for 10 days (28°C) and all fungal colonies developed were subsequently identified.Results: 10,608 colonies were isolated, belonging to 16 genera, the most common being Aspergillus, Penicillium, Candida, Curvularia and Trichoderma. There were no statistically significant relationships between the total number of colonies and the characteristics of each environment studied, except for three of those. Conclusion: The difference in fungal concentrations in the air of these hospitals is possibly more related to instability of human activities, such as overpopulated settings and construction works, than to climatic variationsobserved in the period. 2012 artículo científico 1806-1222 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=40823359009 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=408 Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde application/pdf Universidade de Fortaleza Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde (Brasil) Num.2 Vol.25