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Category: Clinical Microbiology
Air Cultures for Fungi, Page 1 of 2
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Air is the medium that transports fungi from sources such as soil, construction disturbances, or moldy hospital environments ( 7 , 14 , 16 ). Although breathing airborne fungi is common and for most individuals results in no effects on health, hospitalized patients with extreme immune suppression are susceptible to infections with those airborne fungi that can grow at body temperatures ( 11 ).
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a For additional information, see reference 3 .
b Anderson Samplers Inc., 4215 Wendell Dr., Atlanta, GA 30336.
c New Brunswick Scientific Co., Inc., P.O. Box 4005, 44 Talmadge Rd., Edison, NJ 08818; Casella London Ltd., Regent House, Britannia Walk, London NI 7ND, United Kingdom; or Cassella CEL Inc., 17 Old Nashva Rd. #15, Amherst, NH 03031.
d Biotest Diagnostics Corp., 6 Daniel Rd. East, Fairfield, NJ 07006.
a For additional information, see reference 3 .
b Anderson Samplers Inc., 4215 Wendell Dr., Atlanta, GA 30336.
c New Brunswick Scientific Co., Inc., P.O. Box 4005, 44 Talmadge Rd., Edison, NJ 08818; Casella London Ltd., Regent House, Britannia Walk, London NI 7ND, United Kingdom; or Cassella CEL Inc., 17 Old Nashva Rd. #15, Amherst, NH 03031.
d Biotest Diagnostics Corp., 6 Daniel Rd. East, Fairfield, NJ 07006.