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Introduction: The microbial exposure, as well as their metabolic products, has been frequently reported as a high risk of respiratory effects and general health hazards. Regarding the Portuguese legislation for IAQ, the microbial assessment covers only air sampling and culture-based methods (malt extract agar as only culture media to be applied). Fungal legal criteria consist of a fungal load ratio between indoor and outdoor, which should be lower than 1 (I/O<1). Purpose: Analyze the importance of including the characterization of the azole resistance profile in indoor air quality assessments.
Description
Project “Waste Workers’ Exposure to Bioburden in the Truck Cab during Waste Management - W2E Bioburden” (IPL/2016/W2E_ESTeSL).
Project “Occupational exposure of ambulance drivers to bioburden” (IPL/2020/BIO-AmbuDrivers_ESTeSL).
FCT_UIDB/05608/2020. FCT_UIDP/05608/2020.
Best poster award
Project “Occupational exposure of ambulance drivers to bioburden” (IPL/2020/BIO-AmbuDrivers_ESTeSL).
FCT_UIDB/05608/2020. FCT_UIDP/05608/2020.
Best poster award
Keywords
Environmental health Fungal contamination Azole resistance Indoor air Air quality Project “Waste Workers’ Exposure to Bioburden in the Truck Cab during Waste Management - W2E Bioburden” IPL/2016/W2E_ESTeSL Project “Occupational exposure of ambulance drivers to bioburden” IPL/2020/BIO-AmbuDrivers_ESTeSL FCT_UIDB/05608/2020 FCT_UIDP/05608/2020
Citation
Viegas C, Almeida B, Gomes B, Dias M, Cervantes R, Caetano LA. Are we neglecting the importance of azole resistance screening in indoor air quality assessments? In: 10th Advances Against Aspergillosis and Mucormycosis [online], February 2-3, 2020. poster 58.