Aislamiento de diversas especies del género aspergillus de la tierra de plantas ornamentales intrahospitalarias / Isolation of different aspergillus strains fron the soil of ornamental plants located at hospital
Rev. méd. Chile
;
122(12): 1367-71, dic. 1994. tab, ilus
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in Spanish
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ABSTRACT
The earth of ornamental plants is one of the main reservoirs of Aspergillus type of fungi in hospital areas. We studied 174 ornamental interior plants from a hospital at Santiago. Samples were obtained from the soil surface and sowed in Sabouraud-glucose agar, adding streptomycin and G-penicillin. After 72 h of culture, at least one strain of Aspergillus was isolated from 140 samples (80.5 percent). The most frequently isolated strain was A fumigatus (129 samples), followed by A miger (75 samples). A fumigatus and A niger were the only isolated strains in 65 and 11 samples respectively. These findings confirm that ornamental plants can be important reservoirs of Aspergillus strains, a potential infectious agent for immunocompromised patients in hospital areas
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Main subject:
Plants
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Aspergillus
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Soil Microbiology
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Cross Infection
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
1994
Type:
Article
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