Airborne microfungus flora determined in the different units of the department of Tulay Aktas Oncology Hospital, Ege University

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dc.contributor.authorGunyar O.A.
dc.contributor.authorHaliki-Uztan A.
dc.contributor.authorAtes M.
dc.contributor.authorYoltas A.
dc.contributor.authorGoker E.
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-26T21:24:24Z
dc.date.available2019-10-26T21:24:24Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.departmentEge Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractRecently, there has been a dramatic increase in the prevalence of nosocomial fungal infections. Especially with the increase in the number of immunosuppressed patients, rare fungal pathogens which were difficult to detect in the past are now frequently isolated. In this study, the level of endogenous airborne fungal concentrations and the types of fungi were determined at Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Tulay Aktas Oncology Hospital. For this purpose, air samples were collected at 34 different locations monthly during six months with the Merck MAS 100 air sampler. As a result, a total of 5590 fungal colonies in 204 petri dishes were counted. Thirty-two fungal species belonging to 10 genera were identified. The most prevalent genera were the common moulds; Aspergillus (3.91±1.01), Penicillium (16.08±3.10), Cladosporium (40.82±4.15) and Altemaria (7.51±1.82). The results revealed that the most common genus was Cladosporium. Fungal concentration levels in different parts of the stem cell transplantation department ranged from 0 to 340 cfu/m3. In other units of the hospital, fungal load was found to be between 0 and 45600 cfu/m3. When the fungal density of the stem cell transplantation department and that of the other units were compared, fungal density of the stem cell transplantation department was found to be significantly lower (p = 0.000 <0.05). The highest values in our study were determined during the 5th month of this study, because natural gas pipelines were installed around the hospital in this month. In this study, we aimed to emphasize the importance of monitoring the presence of airborne fungal flora, particularly Aspergillus spp, in the departments of a hospital where patients of high-risk groups are hospitalized.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage323en_US
dc.identifier.issn1018-4619
dc.identifier.issn1018-4619en_US
dc.identifier.issue1Ben_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.startpage317en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11454/17163
dc.identifier.volume24en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherParlar Scientific Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofFresenius Environmental Bulletinen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectBiomassen_US
dc.subjectFungien_US
dc.subjectFungusen_US
dc.subjectHospitalen_US
dc.subjectIzmiren_US
dc.subjectMicrofungusen_US
dc.titleAirborne microfungus flora determined in the different units of the department of Tulay Aktas Oncology Hospital, Ege Universityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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