Case Report of Indoor Air Antimicrobial Resistant Fungi Circulating in a Ghanaian Referral Autopsy Unit

• DOI: 10.20944/preprints202308.1164.v1
• Publication Date: 2023-08-17T01:59:11Z
• Authors: Maame Ekua Oforiwaa; Francis Gyapong; Kofi Adjapong Afr...; Abiola Isawumi; Lydia Mosi

The public health risk associated with the autopsy unit is high and information on indoor microbial air contamination limited. Airborne pathogenic fungi thrive in moist environments similar to room conditions. They spread through spores, cause infections immunocompromised patients, exhibit resistance antimicrobials, making them a threat. This study profiled circulating of referral Accra, Ghana. different sections were sampled using standard open plate technique. Fungal isolates obtained phenotypically molecularly characterized. fluconazole itraconazole, as well germicide used routine cleaning unit, was tested broth microdilution assays. Fungi isolated include species clinically relevant strains Candida Aspergillus; also, Penicillium spp. Mucor exhibited levels Denzal® unit. first profile fungal diversity an Ghana, findings suggest that workers might be exposed potential could infections.