What is it about?
Study the Relation between fungi of the higher respiratory tract of allergic and asthmatic patients, and airborne fungi in their residence. Fungi are more diverse and numerous in patients' samples and their houses than the normal individual.
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Why is it important?
Seventeen and twenty-three genera were isolated from patients and their indoor air samples respectively. Aspergillus, Penicillium, Alternaria, Ulocladium, Paecilomyces, and Cladosporium - a known allergen- have the highest prominence value. Also, yeasts are higher in patients than the normal individuals. Results showed that indoor airborne fungi are a probable reason for infection in the individuals studied sample.
Perspectives
The study gave information about the indoor air fungal community. It also clarified the differences between the upper respiratory fungi in healthy people and patients with asthma and allergies.
Prof. Dr. salah Mahdi al-bader
Knowledge University
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This page is a summary of: The Relation Between Fungi Isolated from Higher Respiratory Tract of Allergic and Asthmatic Patients, and Air Fungi in their Residence, Rafidain Journal of Science, April 2013, University of Mosul,
DOI: 10.33899/rjs.2013.71017.
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