Mycological monitoring of different workplaces in Lithuania
Lugauskas, A., Krik?taponis, A. and Bridiuvien, D.
2000
Grana, Volume: 39 Number: 6 Page: 308 -- 316
Lugauskas, A., Krik?taponis, A. and Bridiuvien, D., (2000), "Mycological monitoring of different workplaces in Lithuania", Grana, Volume: 39 Number: 6 Page: 308 -- 316.
| Abstract: Mycological monitoring of some workplaces (a paper mill, a fur mill, a shoe factory, a secondary school, a kindergarten, a hospital and two cafes) in Lithuania was carried out over a period of 5 years between 1993 and 1997. The aim of the study was to investigate the concentrations and species composition of airborne fungi in the different premises as one of the most important criteria for evaluating their sanitary state. A "Krotov 818" slit-to-agar single-stage impactor (cut-off 0.5 ¦Ìm) was used for sampling of total propagules, the volume of the samples being 0.05 m3 at a flow rate of 0.025 m3/min. It was found that there were considerable differences in the numbers of airborne fungal propagules between the different workplaces investigated as well as between different areas of the same workplace. The data showed that some fungal species were cosmopolitan. People working for a long time in places involving production processes with the same sort of natural material are at risk of catching a respiratory, allergic or sometimes even mycotic disease as a result of certain fungal species adapting themselves to the environment. Distinctive species were isolated from the fur mill: Aspergillus genus fungi were abundant in those shops with constant high temperature and humidity; Chrysosporium, Arthroderma, Microsporum, Trichophyton and Candida species genus were found in the fur cutting- assembling and sewing shops. |
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