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

Aspergillus Niger Complex

 137

Staphylococcus aureus

30

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

14

Klebsiella spp

12

Proteus spp

5

Aspergillus Fumigatus Complex

 42

Staphylococcus aureus

22

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

11

Aspergillus Flavus Complex

36

Staphylococcus aureus

 18

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

 8

Candida Albicans

11

Staphylococcus aureus

 6

Klebsiella spp

 4

Candida Tropicalis

8

Klebsiella spp

2

Candida Krusei

7

Klebsiella spp

2

Mucor

4

Staphylococcus aureus

2

Penicillum

3

 

Trichophyton Mentagrophyte

2

 

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