Indoor airborne fungal pollution in newborn units in Turkey

Rasime Demirel; Burhan Sen; Duygu Kadaifciler; Aysegul Yoltas; Suzan Okten; Evrim Ozkale; Derya Berikten; Robert A. Samson; Alev Haliki Uztan; Neriman Yilmaz; Ozlem Abaci Gunyar; Halide Aydogdu; Ahmet Asan; Merih Kivanc; Soner Ozdil; Erhan Sakartepe

doi:10.1007/s10661-017-6051-y

Indoor airborne fungal pollution in newborn units in Turkey

Rasime Demirel, Burhan Sen, Duygu Kadaifciler, Aysegul Yoltas, Suzan Okten, Evrim Ozkale, Derya Berikten, Robert A. Samson, Alev Haliki Uztan, Neriman Yilmaz, Ozlem Abaci Gunyar, Halide Aydogdu, Ahmet Asan, Merih Kivanc, Soner Ozdil, Erhan Sakartepe

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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).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	362
Number of pages	1
Journal	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Volume	189
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-017-6051-y
Publication status	Published - 2017

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Demirel, R., Sen, B., Kadaifciler, D., Yoltas, A., Okten, S., Ozkale, E., Berikten, D., Samson, R. A., Haliki Uztan, A., Yilmaz, N., Abaci Gunyar, O., Aydogdu, H., Asan, A., Kivanc, M., Ozdil, S., & Sakartepe, E. (2017). Indoor airborne fungal pollution in newborn units in Turkey. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 189(7), 362. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-017-6051-y

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