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Relationship Between Environmental Fungi and Changes in Lung Function Indices of New Referral Allergic Patients in Ahvaz City Under Normal and Dust Conditions Publisher



Neisi A1, 5 ; Borsi SH2 ; Dastoorpoor M3 ; Kiasat N4 ; Goudarzi G1, 5 ; Alizadehattar G6 ; Angali KA7 ; Alizadehattar S1, 5
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  1. 1. Environmental Health Department, Public Health Faculty, Air Pollution and Respiratory Diseases Research Centre, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
  2. 2. Air Pollution and Respiratory Diseases Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
  3. 3. Biostatistics and Epidemiology Department, Air Pollution and Respiratory Diseases Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Medical Mycology, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
  5. 5. Environmental Health Department, Public Health Faculty, Air Pollution and Respiratory Diseases Research Centre, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
  6. 6. Air Pollution and Respiratory Diseases Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  7. 7. Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Source: Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering Published:2019


Abstract

Background: Aim of this study was to determine whether any specific fungal spores could be responsible for changes observed in lung function indices. Materials and methods: 1042 new allergic patients were selected from July 2017 to May 2018 in Ahvaz City, Iran. Fungal samples were collected in normal and dusty condition within 5 and 2 min, respectively. Sampling was repeated once every 6 days and also in the dusty days. Results: Average numbers of fungi colony were 639.86 and 836.44 CFU m-3 under normal and dusty conditions, respectively. Most common fungi in Ahwaz City air were Cladosporium sp., Penicillium sp., Aspergillus Niger, Aspergillus Flavus and Alternaria sp. Highest fungal mean concentrations, 392 and 480 CFU m-3, were related to Cladosporium sp. under normal and dust conditions, respectively. Average total numbers of colony fungal were 614, 483, 1082, 424 CFU m-3 and 856, 701, 1418, 418 CFU m-3 during the spring, summer, autumn, and winter under normal and dusty conditions, respectively. Patients were evaluated by measured lung function parameters of FEV1 (L), FEV1 (%pred), FVC (L), FVC (%pred), and FEV1/FVC ratio with mean values of 1.85, 58.32, 2.63, 68.18, and 69.43, respectively. Conclusion: Increases in mean total spores of fungi in spring were accompanied by decreases in FEV1/FVC ratio. Enhanced spores of Cladosporium sp. in spring led to reduced FEV1/FVC ratio. Increase the spores of Curvularia sp. in summer decreased by FEF25-75%. The augmented spores of Drechslera sp. in summer were associated with declined FEV1 and FEV1/FVC ratio. Enhanced fungal spores of Rhizopus sp. in spring resulted in lowered FEV1, FEV1/FVC ratio, and FEF25-75% © 2019 Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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