Post-flood measurement of fungal bio-aerosol in a resource-limited hospital: can the settle plate method be used?

作者：Khawcharoen**** T; Apisarnthanarak A^*; Thongphubeth K; Yuekyen C; Damnin S; Hayden M K; Weinstein R A

来源：Journal of Hospital Infection, 2013, 83(2): 150-152.

DOI：10.1016/j.jhin.2012.11.012

• Flood
• Fungal bioaerosol
• Microbiological air sampler
• Resource-limited hospital
• Settle plate
• Thailand

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 %26lt; 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.

• 出版日期2013-2