Mona Ghazanfari, Jamshid Yazdani Charati, Nasser Keikha, Mahdi Kholoujini, Firoozeh Kermani, Yaser Nasirzadeh, Behrad Roohi, Mohammad Hassan Minooeianhaghighi, Bahram Salari, Seyed Ali Jeddi, Mojtaba Didehdar, Azar Shokri, Sekhavat Ameri Seyahooei, Narges Aslani, Mehdi Nazeri, Aynaz Ghojoghi, Kazem Amirizad, Maryam Azish, Mohsen Nosratabadi, Mohammad Reza Zakerian, Shakiba Hedayati, Hedieh Hatamipour, Mahdi Abastabar, Iman Haghani, Mohammad T Hedayati
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The hospital environment was reported as a real habitat for different microorganisms, especially mold fungi. On the other hand, these opportunistic fungi were considered hospital-acquired mold infections in patients with weak immune status. Therefore, this multi-center study aimed to evaluate 23 hospitals in 18 provinces of Iran for fungal contamination sources. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In total, 43 opened Petri plates and 213 surface samples were collected throughout different wards of 23 hospitals...
December 2022: Current Medical Mycology