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Introduction - Resistance to antibiotics is a well-known threat to public health. Fungal drug resistance is more recently being described as an emergent threat. The emergence of resistance to azoles among fungal species in the environmental challenges the management of severe fungal infections. Azole resistance could become a global public health threat with fungal spores able to disperse great distances on air currents. Considering the clinical relevance of Mucorales order, fungal exposure assessments should evaluate their prevalence and azole-resistance patterns. Aims - To determine Mucorales distribution in Personal Protective Equipment used by waste sorting workers in one waste sorting industry located in Lisbon district; to perform an azole-resistance screening using three medical azole drugs (itraconazole, voriconazole, and posaconazole) for the samples collected in the waste sorting industry.
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Project "Waste Workers’ Exposure to Bio-burden through Filtering Respiratory Protective Devices” (IPL/2018/WasteFRPD_ESTeSL).
Keywords
Occupational health Occupational exposure Azole resistance Waste sorting industry Personal protective equipment Mucorales Project Waste Workers’ Exposure to Bio-burden through Filtering Respiratory Protective Devices Project IPL/2018/WasteFRPD_ESTeSL
Citation
Caetano LA. Azole-resistance of mucorales in the waste sorting industry. In: II BootCamp H&TRC 2020, Convento de Nossa Senhora da Arrábida, 16 de janeiro de 2020.