The mold flora of certain frozen pastries and chicken pies was investigated. Molds were determined qualitatively or quantitatively, or both, by preparing pour plates of the blended product and incubating the plates at various temperatures. The mesophilic fungal flora developed on plates incubated at 10 and 20 C, whereas psychrophilic fungi were obtained on plates incubated at 0 and 5 C. About 2...

fungal conidia and spores are among various organisms found in the air, causing different types of mycoses. in this study (from february 1994 until march 1995) fungal spores and conidia were collected by their settlement on to petri - dishes from 33 locations in babol city during 4 seasons. plates of sabouraud dextrose agar were laid 1.5 m. from the ground and then sent to mycology laboratory w...

BACKGROUND The intestinal microbiota plays a critical role in the pathophysiology of pouchitis, a major complication after ileal pouch anal anastomosis in patients with ulcerative colitis. Recently, controlled trials have demonstrated that probiotics are effective in maintenance of remission in pouchitis patients. However, the mechanism by which therapy with probiotics works remains elusive. Th...

BACKGROUND: Normal bacterial flora of the conjunctiva, which inhibits growth of opportunistic organisms, has an important role in the prevention of ocular infections. If resident flora is inhibited by disease or long-term application of antibiotics, opportunistic pathogens overgrow, leading to disease. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of ophthalmic chloramphenico...

PURPOSE The aim of the study was to assess the presence of airborne fungi and the fungal flora of the walls in the Departments of Pulmonary and Internal Medicine in Kavala Hospital (Greece). MATERIAL AND METHODS The study was carried out at the Department of Pulmonology and Internal medicine in Kavala Hospital. Materials for the tests were: the air samples (in front of the building and the se...

Sewage sludge was examined for keratinolytic and keratinophilic fungi by means of a multi-temperature (23, 26, 29, 33, 37 and 45oC) hair baiting method. Results indicate that this method can be a useful tool for determination of the influence of temperature and other factors on fungal composition in sludge and evaluation of health risk posed by fungal pathogens. The use of the method facilitate...

introduction: environmental fungi, molds and yeasts, can infest the nasal cavity through inhaled air. there is some evidence that they could be the main cause of chronic rhinosinusitis (crs) but little is known about the normal fungal flora in the human nose. the objective of this study was to assess the normal fungal flora of the nasal mucus in adults in kerman. materials and methods: we condu...