Guerrero TA, Ruiz SD, Martínez CJF, García YY, Álvarez-Chacón R, Wong-Chio M, Vértiz-Chávez EE, Tay ZJ

Language: Spanish
References: 18
Page: 93-96
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ABSTRACT

Because its relationship with respiratory allergies in children and adolescents, the presence of anemophilous molds is important. In order to know the incidence of anemophilous molds in sportive installations at the nine College buildings of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, 358 samples from the swimming pools, dressing rooms, showers and corridors were taken a year long, by the sterile carpet technique, which is simple, economic and makes easy to take samples from extenses areas with differences in humidity, temperature and light. It is also easier the isolation and identification of these molds in agar plaque. Genera most important found were: Rhodotorula (13.90%); Candida (11.22%); Aspergillus (9.43%) and Penicillium (8.48%). Most mold quantities were isolated from the building located at the Eastern Zone of Mexico City, specially at the showers. Colonial growth was greater during later spring and summer (May through August).

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