Analysis of airborne fungi in a hospital in the town of Ariquemes, Rondônia, Western Amazon region, Brazil

• Main Authors: Jéssica Guimarães Pereira (Author), Renato André Zan (Author), Cacilda de Figueiredo Jardin (Author), Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira Meneguetti (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Backgound and Objectives: The hospital internal air environment is strongly associated with nosocomial fungal infections. In order to investigate the presence of hospital airborne fungi in one of the hospitals in the town of Ariquemes, Rondônia, air samples were collected in open Petri dishes betwe...