Project EXPOsE – Establishing protocols to assess occupational exposure to microbiota in clinical settings (02/SAICT/2016 – Project nº 23222).Microbiota in clinical environments: poor hospital indoor air quality (IAQ) may lead to hospital-acquired infections, sick hospital syndrome, and various occupational hazards; microbiological IAQ monitoring and control in hospitals is currently a necessary and integral part of prevention strategies against hospital-acquired infections; implementation of sampling and analysis methods should be adapted to the hospital environment; bacterial, viral and fungal infections are frequently acquired via inhalation, among them pulmonary aspergillosis and pneumocystosis still represent high disease burden; a large number of fungal species can cause severe infections, especially among immunocompromised individuals; most important fungi related with fungal exposure: Cladosporium, Alternaria, Stachybotris, Penicillium, Aspergillus.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
