Isolation of pathogenic yeasts in the air from hospital environments in the city of Fortaleza, northeast Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Rocha, Marcos FG¹  Sidrim, José JC¹  Pantoja, Lydia DM¹  Vieira, Patrícia RN¹  Brilhante, Raimunda SN¹  Cordeiro, Rossana A¹  Moreira Filho, Renato E¹  Monteiro, André J¹ 

[1] Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil

关键词: environmentalmonitoring;    aircontamination;    yeasts;    hospitals.;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1413-86702010000100007

来源: Contexto

【 摘 要 】

Thispaperreportstheresultsofenvironmentalsurveillanceofyeastsinspecificareasoftwotertiarylocalhospitals.FromMarch2007toFebruary2008,samplesfromtheairoftwopublichospitalswerecollectedonamonthlybasis.Thesampleswerecollectedthroughpassivesedimentationmethod(dayandnightexposure)ofPetridishes.Atotalof240airsamplesfrom10hospitalenvironmentswereanalyzed.Theseenvironmentspresentedsimilarcontaminationlevels,fromwhich80fungiisolateswereisolated: Candidaparapsilosis (n=34), Rhodotorulaspp.(19), Trichosporonasahii (11), C.tropicalis (8), C.albicans (4), C.glabrata (1), C.guilliermondii (1), C.krusei (1)and Saccharomycesspp.(1).Regardingthepresenceofyeastsandclimaticconditions,therewere40strains(50%)insemi-criticalareas(naturalventilation)andcriticalareas(airconditioned).Consideringthepresenceofmicroorganismswithpathogenicpotential,environmentalmonitoringisnecessarytopreventpossiblehospitalinfections.

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