Table 2: Fungi
and bacteria isolated from the study population.
Fungi
isolated from samples |
Number
of positive samples (N = 275) |
Bacterial
isolates found in association with fungal isolates |
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Aspergillus
Niger Complex |
137 |
Staphylococcus aureus |
30 |
|
Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
14 |
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Klebsiella
spp |
12 |
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Proteus spp |
5 |
|||
Aspergillus
Fumigatus Complex |
42 |
Staphylococcus aureus |
22 |
|
Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
11 |
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Aspergillus
Flavus Complex |
36 |
Staphylococcus aureus |
18 |
|
Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
8 |
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Candida
Albicans |
11 |
Staphylococcus aureus |
6 |
|
Klebsiella
spp |
4 |
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Candida
Tropicalis |
8 |
Klebsiella
spp |
2 |
|
Candida
Krusei |
7 |
Klebsiella
spp |
2 |
|
Mucor |
4 |
Staphylococcus aureus |
2 |
|
Penicillum |
3 |
|
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Trichophyton Mentagrophyte |
2 |
|
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Mixed
fungal isolates |
Mixed isolates containing
two fungi (Total Aspergillus spp = 32 and Candida
spp = 11 with Asperigillus niger = 15, Aspergillus
fumigatus = 10, Aspergillus flavus =
8) |
18 |
Staphylococcus aureus Pseudomonas aeruginosa Klebsiella
spp |
12 4 2 |
Mixed isolates containing
three fungi (Total Aspergillus spp = 3 with
Aspergillus niger = 2, Aspergillus fumigatus = 1
and Candida tropicalis = 1 and Mucor = 1 |
2 |
Staphylococcus aureus |
1 |
|
Total number of
fungal isolates |
270 |
Total number of
bacterial isolates |
155 |