The relationship between moulds isolated from indoor air and features of the house environment

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-273

  Ozkutuk, A ^a   Ceylan, E ^b   Ergor, G ^a   Yucesoy, M ^a   Itil, O ^a   Caymaz, S ^a   Cimrin, A ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

House characteristics; Indoor air; Moulds

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CLIMATE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HOUSE DUST; MOULD; MUCOR; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ASPERGILLUS; AVES; FUNGI; MUCOR; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 44349173832     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X08091958     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Zock JP, Jarvis D., Luczynska C., Sunyer J., Burney P.: European Community Respiratory Health Survey: Housing characteristics, reported mold exposure, and asthma in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey: J Allergy Clin Immunol 2002 ; 110: 285-292.
2. Belanger K., Beckett W., Triche E., Bracken MB, Holford T., Ren P., Mcsharry JE, Gold DR, Platts-Mills TA, Leaderer BP: Symptoms of wheeze and persistent cough in the first year of life: associations with indoor allergens, air contaminants, and maternal history of asthma: Am J Epidemiol 2003 ; 158: 195-202.
3. Gent JF, Ren P., Belanger K., Triche E., Bracken MB, Holford TR, Leaderer BP: Levels of household mold associated with respiratory symptoms in the first year of life in a cohort at risk for asthma: Environ Health Perspect 2002 ; 110: A781 - A786.
4. Bornehag CG, Sundell J., Bonini S., Custovic A., Malmberg P., Skerfving S., Sigsgaard T., Verhoeff A.: Dampness in buildings as a risk factor for health effects, EUROEXPO: a multidisciplinary review of the literature (1998-2000) on dampness and mite exposure in buildings and health effects: Indoor Air 2004 ; 14: 243-257.
5. Howden-Chapman P., Saville-Smith K., Crane J., Wilson N.: Risk factors for mold in housing: a national survey: Indoor Air 2005 ; 15: 469-476.
6. Ren P., Jankun TM, Belanger K., Bracken MB, Leaderer BP: The relation between fungal propagules in indoor air and home characteristics: Allergy 2001 ; 56: 419-424.
7. Shelton BG, Kirkland KH, Flanders WD, Morris GK: Profiles of airborne fungi in buildings and outdoor environments in the United States: Appl Environ Microbiol 2002 ; 68: 1743-1753.
8. Unlu M., Ergin C., Cirit M., Sahin U., Akkaya A.: Molds in the homes of asthmatic patient in Isparta, Turkey: Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol 2003 ; 21: 21-24.
9. Cetinkaya Z., Fidan F., Unlu M., Hasenekoglu I., Tetik L., Demirel R.: Assessment of indoor air fungi in Western-Anatolia, Turkey: Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol 2005 ; 23: 87-92.
10. Kovesi T., Creery D., Gilbert NL, Dales R., Fugler D., Thompson B., Randhawa N., Miller JD: Indoor air quality risk factors for severe lower respiratory tract infections in Inuit infants in Baffin Region, Nunavut: a pilot study: Indoor Air 2006 ; 16: 266-275.
11. Ceylan E., Ozkutuk A., Ergor G., Yucesoy M., Itil O., Caymaz S., Cimrin A.: Fungi and indoor conditions in Asthma patients: J Asthma 2006 ; 43 (10). 789-94.
12. Verhoeff AP, van Wijnen JH, Brunekreef B., Fischer P., Van Reenen-Hoekstra ES, Samson RA: Presence of viable mould propagules in indoor air in relation to house damp and outdoor air: Allergy 1992 ; 47: 83-91.
13. Garrett MH, Rayment PR, Hooper MA, Abramson MJ, Hooper BM: Indoor airborne fungal spores, house dampness and associations with environmental factors and respiratory health in children: Clin Exp Allergy 1998 ; 28: 459-467.
14. Gangneux JP, Robert-Gangneux F., Gicquel G., Tanquerel JJ, Chevrier S., Poisson M., AupeÇEM, Guiguen C: Bacterial and fungal counts in hospital air: comparative yields for 4 sieve impactor air samplers with 2 culture media: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2006 ; 27: 1405-1408.
15. Cooley JD, Wong WC, Jumper CA, Straus DC: Fungi and the indoor environment: their impact on human health: Adv Appl Microbiol 2004 ; 55: 3-30.
16. D'Amato G., Chatzigeorgiou G., Corsico R., Gioulekas D., Jager L., Jager S., Kontou-Fili K., Kouridakis S., Liccardi G., Meriggi A., Palma-Carlos A., Palma-Carlos ML, Pagan AA, Parmiani S., Puccinelli P., Russo M., Spieksma FT, Torricelli R., Wuthrich B.: Evaluation of the prevalence of skin prick test positivity to Alternaria and Cladosporium in patients with suspected respiratory allergy. A European multicenter study promoted by the subcommittee on aerobiology and environmental aspects of the European academy of allergology and clinical immunology: Allergy 1997 ; 52: 711-716.