[Occurrence of fungal pathogens in the delivery rooms of a hospital obstetrics department].
OBJECTIVE
Assessment of the incidence of fungal pathogens in air of the operating rooms from one of the hospitals in Białystok.


METHODS
Investigations were conducted in selected rooms of obstetrics department. Material for mycological studies was air sampled at the entrance of hospital building, the entrance to operating room, hall and selected rooms of the department. Fungi were identified using the standard microbial procedures: The monitoring of airborne fungi pollution was done using SAS SUPER 100 (pbi international). Classification of the isolated fungi was done with an accordance to the current procedures.


RESULTS
In the air of 16 rooms of obstetrics department different numbers of fungal colonies from 0 to 560 CFU/1000L of air were isolated. Fungi were not isolated from the air samples of preparing, septic, operating and family deliveries rooms. The highest number of fungi colonies were isolated at the entrance the hospital. The following fungal pathogens isolated from the air were: Candida albicans. non-Candida albicans, Penicillium species, Cladosporium species and Aspergillus species.


CONCLUSIONS
1. The different number of fungal colonies was found depending on type of the hospital room. 2. The highest number of fungal colonies was isolated from the air samples of patients rooms 3. No fungal colonies were isolated from the septic, operating and family deliveries rooms 4. The main fungal pathogen isolated from the air samples was Candida albicans.
Krajewska
Katarzyna
K
Pracownia Mikologiczna, Zakład Pielegniarstwa Ogólnego, AM w Bialystoku.
Krajewska-Kułak
Elzbieta
E
Lukaszuk
Cecylia
C
Rolka
Hanna
H
Lach
Joanna
J
Karczewski
Jan
J
D000391:Air Microbiology; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis*; D001230:Aspergillus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002963:Cladosporium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003696:Delivery Rooms / Q000592:standards*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D025282:Mycelium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010407:Penicillium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011044:Poland; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000302:isolation & purification