The occurrence of fungi in hospital and community potable waters

The prevalence of fungi was investigated in 126 potable water samples (84 hospital and 42 community samples), in parallel with the standard pollution indicator micro‐organisms. Filamentous fungi were isolated from 104 of 126 (82·5%) samples and yeasts from 14 (11·1%), whereas their mean counts were...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Letters in applied microbiology 1999-08, Vol.29 (2), p.81-84
Hauptverfasser:	Arvanitidou, M., Kanellou, K., Constantinides, T. C., Katsouyannopoulos, V.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aspergillus - isolation & purification Biological and medical sciences Candida - isolation & purification Colony Count, Microbial Enterobacteriaceae - isolation & purification Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Fungi - isolation & purification Microbiology Mycology Pathogenicity, host-agent relations, miscellaneous strains, epidemiology Penicillium - isolation & purification Water Microbiology Water Supply
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Zusammenfassung:	The prevalence of fungi was investigated in 126 potable water samples (84 hospital and 42 community samples), in parallel with the standard pollution indicator micro‐organisms. Filamentous fungi were isolated from 104 of 126 (82·5%) samples and yeasts from 14 (11·1%), whereas their mean counts were 36·6 and 4·4, respectively. Fungi were isolated from 95·2% of community and 76·2% of hospital water samples, with the difference being statistically significant (P
ISSN:	0266-8254 1472-765X 1365-2673
DOI:	10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00583.x