Title of article :
Airborne Fungi in Indoor and Outdoor of Asthmatic Patients’ Home, Living in the City of Sari
Author/Authors :
Hedayati, Mohammad Taghi Department of Medical Mycology and Parasitology - Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari , Mayahi, Saba Department of Medical Mycology and Parasitology - Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari , Aghili, Reza Department of Medical Mycology and Parasitology - Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari , Goharimoghadam, Kayvan Department of Medical Mycology and Parasitology - Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari
Abstract :
The aim of this study was identification of fungi in indoor and outdoor of asthmatic
patients´ home environment.
Opened plates (containing of Malt extract agar media) were used for isolation of fungi in
the air of indoor (n=360) and outdoor (n=180) of 90 asthmatic patients̉ home living in the
city of Sari at the level of breathing height. Plates were incubated in room temperature for 7-
14 days. Then grown fungi were identified by standard mycological techniques.
A total of 1876 colonies with 31 and 1692 colonies with 27 genera of fungi were identified
from indoor and outdoor of asthmatic patients’ home respectively. The most common fungi
isolated were Cladosporium, Aspergillus and Penicillium. Stachibotyris, Oedocephalum, and
Stemphillium showed the least frequencies among the isolated fungi.
Cladosporium, Aspergillus, Penicillium, and Alternaria as the most common allergenic moulds
had the most frequencies in indoor air of the houses of asthmatic patients.
Keywords :
Alternaria , Aspergillus , Asthma , Cladosporium , Fungi , Penicillium
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
