Broad Diversity of Fungi in Hospital Water.

Máira Gazzola ArroyoAdriano Menis FerreiraOleci Pereira FrotaNatalia Seron Brizzotti-MazuchiJacqueline Tanury Macruz PeresiMarcelo Alessandro RigottiCarlos Eduardo MacedoAlvaro Francisco Lopes de SousaDenise de AndradeMargarete Teresa Gottardo de Almeida

Published in: TheScientificWorldJournal (2020)

This study showed that hospital water can be a reservoir for fungi, some of which are potentially harmful to immunocompromised patients. Free residual chlorine was ineffective in some samples.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
acute care
drinking water
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
adverse drug
intensive care unit
patient reported
respiratory failure
drug induced