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Table 3 Fungal species recovered in air samples from the controlled environments

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

  

Total CFU count*/year

 

Fungal species

2010

2011

2012

N°

%

Aspergillus niger

34

29

52

115

54

Aspergillus fumigatus

 

25

36

61

28.6

Aspergillus flavus

 

10

 

10

4.7

Penicillium notatum

 

2

15

17

8

Penicillium expansum

 

1

6

7

3.3

Mucor pusillus

  

1

1

0.5

Rhizopus arrhizus

  

1

1

0.5

Cladosporium herbarum

 

1

 

1

0.5

Total

34

68

111

213

100

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

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