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

Kottb, Metwally R.; Attia, Eman Anwer; Mahmoud, Soha I.; Abdulwahid, O. A.

doi:10.21608/eajbsg.2020.127315

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

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt

² Botany department, science faculty. Suez Canal University

³ Microbiologist in the molecular biology unit in Suez Canal University hospital, Egypt

10.21608/eajbsg.2020.127315

Abstract

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/m³indoor 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/m^3.Whereas, outdoor showed high counts during November 419 CFU/m³.

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