Rudramurthy S M, Singh G, Hallur V, Verma S, Chakrabarti A
Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Department of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Indian J Med Microbiol. 2016 Oct-Dec;34(4):529-532. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.195359.
The prevalence of fungal spores in the hospital air is essential to understand the hospital-acquired fungal infections. Air conditioners (ACs) used in hospitals may either reduce spores in air or be colonised by fungi and aid in its dissemination. The present study was conducted to assess the fungal spore burden in AC and non-AC areas. We found a high fungal spore count in air irrespective of whether the area was AC or non-AC. The most predominant species isolated were Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus fumigatus. Such high concentrations of pathogenic fungi in air may predispose individuals to develop disease.
了解医院获得性真菌感染，医院空气中真菌孢子的流行情况至关重要。医院使用的空调可能会减少空气中的孢子，也可能被真菌定殖并有助于其传播。本研究旨在评估空调区域和非空调区域的真菌孢子负荷。我们发现，无论该区域是空调区域还是非空调区域，空气中的真菌孢子计数都很高。分离出的最主要菌种是黄曲霉和烟曲霉。空气中如此高浓度的致病真菌可能使个体易患疾病。
