title: Post-flood measurement of fungal bio-aerosol in a resource-limited hospital: can the settle plate method be used?
abstract: The performance of the settle plate method (SPM) compared with the microbiological air sampler method (MAS) for post-flood fungal bio-aerosol (FB) measurement was evaluated in a Thai hospital. Compared with closed-ventilation units, open-ventilation units had significantly higher median FB level by SPM on days 3 and 5 of incubation (270 vs 90 colony-forming units (cfu)/m(3) and 420 vs 180 cfu/m(3), respectively). Strong correlations between SPM and MAS results on day 3 (r = 1.60, P < 0.001) and day 5 (r = 1.49, P = 0.002) of incubation suggested the utility of SPM for post-flood FB measurement in open-ventilation units in resource-limited situations.
authors: Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand.
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Khawcharoenporn
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Apisarnthanarak
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Thongphubeth
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Yuekyen
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Damnin
authors: M K
authors: MK
authors: Hayden
authors: R A
authors: RA
authors: Weinstein
mesh_terms: D000336:Aerosols; D000391:Air Microbiology; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial / Q000379:methods; D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D013785:Thailand; D014691:Ventilation / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols