Risk Assessment for Molds in the Vicinity of a Child Requiring Peritoneal Dialysis Living in a Rural Northern German Area

Abstract

As well as severe immunosuppression, other predisposing factors may facilitate invasive mycosis caused by molds. Chronic kidney disease and the resulting peritoneal dialysis have been reported as factors putting patients at risk of fungal infections from environmental sources. We describe an environmental investigation undertaken to guide exposure prevention for a peritoneal dialysis patient with transient colonization of her nostrils by Lichtheimia corymbifera in a rural area of northern Germany. Systematic screening for airborne and surface-deposited molds enabled targeted recommendations to be made, although Lichtheimia corymbifera itself was not grown from the collected environmental samples. This communication is intended to illustrate how such an investigation can be performed on the basis of the environmental distribution of the molds and how preventive recommendations can be derived from the results.

Indoor Air Factors Affecting the Growth of Microorganism in an Indonesian Gas Company’s Dormitory

“…A previous study also presented that Aspergillus Niger as one of the dominant fungi in the indoor environment (Leite Júnior et al, 2018). Studies also showed the presence of 160 cfu/m3 Mycelia sterilia in sleeping rooms (Zautner, Frickmann and Podbielski, 2021) and 14% in indoor air (Saadati et al, 2022).…”