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A comparative Study on Mycoflora of Different Care Units in Suez Canal University Hospital, Egypt

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Air contains a large number of bacteria and fungi. Their assessment is critical as an indicator of contaminations for any particular environment. Inhalation of air fungal spores is considered a source of different fungal diseases, especially in immunocompromised patients. Therefore, this study aimed to compare concentrations and types of fungal species in both indoor and outdoor air of different intensive care units in a Suez Canal University Hospital. Samples were assessed twice monthly during one year from 2017-2018. Four units were investigated, Cardiothoracic Care Unit, Cardio Care Unit( CCU), Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and the Liver Intensive Care Unit. The results revealed that about 4097.26& 4534.75 colony forming units ( CFU ) were isolated from indoor and outdoor air respectively throughout the study, with a percentage of 20.2%, 27.5% from  Cardiothoracic  Care Unit, 31.9%, 17.1% from CCU, 17.9 %, 17.1% from ICU, and finally 29.7%, 38.20% from the Liver Intensive Care Unitfrom indoor and outdoor air respectively. The total airborne indoor and outdoor fungal load of the Cardiothoracic Care Unit was high 170.29CFU/m3 &249.11CFU/m3 during December and February respectively. The CCU isolated total fungal flora peaked high 274.8CFU/m3 and 209CFU/m3 indoor and outdoor respectively during November. Also, the total airborne indoor and outdoor fungal load of the ICU showed high counts of 170.5CFU/m3 & 209.8CFU/m3 during December and Novemberrespectively. The liver Intensive Care Unitindoor showed high counts during February 288 CFU/m3. Whereas, outdoor showed high counts during November 419 CFU/m3.

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10.21608/eajbsg.2020.127315

Keywords

Air sampling, fungi, CCU, ICU, hospital

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First Name

Metwally

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Kottb

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R.

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Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt

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metwally_ramadan@science.suez.edu.eg

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First Name

eman

Last Name

attia

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anwer

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Botany department, science faculty. Suez Canal University

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eman_mohamed@science.suez.edu.eg

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Ismallia, Egypt

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0000-0003-0592-8169

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Soha

Last Name

Mahmoud

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I.

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Microbiologist in the molecular biology unit in Suez Canal University hospital, Egypt

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soha.ibrahim11@yahoo.com

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Abdulwahid

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A.

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Microbiologist in the molecular biology unit in Suez Canal University hospital, Egypt

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12

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2

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16038

Issue Date

2020-12-01

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2020-10-16

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2020-12-01

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59

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69

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2090-0872

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2090-0880

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EAJBSG_Volume 12_Issue 2_Pages 59-69.pdf

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Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, G. Microbiology

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22 Jan 2023