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Table 2 Fungal isolates recovered in air samples from the operating theaters and controlled environments

From: Mold contamination in a controlled hospital environment: a 3-year surveillance in southern Italy

  

Total CFU count*/year

  

Fungal isolates

2010

2011

2012

No

%

Aspergillus spp.

80

125

164

369

91.8

Penicillium spp.

 

3

21

24

6

Paecilomyces spp.

 

6

 

6

1.5

Zygomycetes

  

2

2

0.5

Cladosporium spp.

 

1

 

1

0.2

Total

80

135

187

402

100

  1. *The number of CFU counted on cultures of all samples obtained during study.