Indoor airborne fungal pollution in newborn units in Turkey

DEMİREL R., ŞEN B., Kadaifciler D., YOLTAŞ A., ÖKTEN S., ÖZKALE E., ...Daha Fazla

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT, cilt.189, sa.7, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 189 Sayı: 7
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s10661-017-6051-y
  • Dergi Adı: ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Indoor air, Fungi, Newborn, Hospital, Turkey, ASPERGILLUS, AIR, INFECTIONS, CONTAMINATION, EPIDEMIOLOGY, SURVEILLANCE, MANAGEMENT, VEGETATION, BACTERIAL, SAMPLES
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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).