title: Evaluation of Czapeck agar and Sabouraud dextrose agar for the culture of airborne Aspergillus conidia.
abstract: We compared the efficiency of Czapeck agar and Sabouraud dextrose agar irradiated to detect Aspergillus conidia in air. Both media were equally suitable. Czapeck agar should be used in institutions interested only in Aspergillus surveys, and Sabouraud agar should be used in those institutions interested in all sorts of filamentous fungi.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, University of Madrid, 28007 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guinea
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Peláez
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Alcalá
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bouza
mesh_terms: D000391:Air Microbiology; D001230:Aspergillus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003470:Culture Media; D009172:Mycology / Q000379:methods*; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media