From: Identification of airborne microbiota in selected areas in a health-care setting in South Africa
Origin | Species identification using MALDI-TOF MS | Species identification using API | Source | Health effects | References |
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Kitchen area | Candida kefyr [anamorph] (Kluyveromyces marxianus spp. marxianus [teleomorph]) CBS 834 | Candida spp. | Plant debris, soil, wood, textiles, indoor air environment | Causes pneumonia, keratomycosis, pulmonary mycosis with sepsis eumycotic dermatitis, peritonitis, etc. | |
Aureobasidium pullulans 16419 CBS BS | |||||
Aureobasidium pullulans 12235 CBS | |||||
Diabetic female ward | Candida krusei [anamorph] (Issatchenkia orientalis[teleomorph]) ATCC 14243 THL | Candida spp. | Plant debris, soil, water, wood, textiles, food products, indoor and outdoor air environment | Candidiasis with fungal infections of the skin, mucous membranes and internal organs | |
Phoma exigua spp. exigua CBS 431_74 CBS | |||||
Candida robustad [anamorph] (Saccharomyces cerevisiae [teleomorph]) INVSc1 BRL | |||||
Male ward Room 3 | Candida glabrata ATCC 2001Â T THL | Candida spp. | Plant debris, soil, water, wood, textiles, food products, indoor and outdoor air | Candidiasis with fungal infections of the skin, mucous membranes and internal organs | |
Male ward Room 5 | Agromyces rhizospherae HKI 302_DSM 14597Â T HKJ | Agromyces rhizospherae | Plant debris, soil, wood, textiles, and indoor air environment | Causes pneumonia, keratomycosis, pulmonary mycosis with sepsis eumycotic dermatitis, peritonitis, etc. | |
Candida parapsilosis ATCC 22019 THL | |||||
Male ward TB room | Aureobasidium pullulans 16420 CBS | Penicillium spp. | Plant debris, soil, wood, food products, textiles, and indoor air environment | Causes pneumonia, keratomycosis, peritonitis, etc. hypersensitivity pneumonitis, asthma, allergic alveolitis | |
Penicillium spp. IsolateS2 HED | |||||
Candida orthopsilosis P3118_8_37 HAC |