The sttudy was carrrriied outt tto iisollatte tthe ffungii corrrrellatted wiitth burrn
iinffecttiions ffrrom pattiientts settttiing iin All-- Diiwanyiia ttown durriing tthe perriiod ffrrom
Septtemberr 2004 tto Augeustt 2005.. A ttottall off ((100)) swabs was ttaken ffrrom burrn''s skiin
,, butt 90 swabs onlly rrevealled ffungall grrowtth.. The rresulltts showed tthatt hiigerr ffungall
iinffecttiion werre rrecorrded iin malle ((59)) tthan ffemalle ((31)).. Deatth perrcenttage rratte was
rrecorrded ((100%)) when tthe age off pattiientts lless tthan one yearr and above 66 yearrs olld
..
Aboutt ((13)) speciies off moullds and yeastts bellong tto ((7)) generra werre iidenttiiffiied ::
Asperrgiillllus niigerr ((16..6%)) att 28 ْ C A--ffllavus((14..4%)) ,, A.. ffumiigattus
((13..3%)) ,, A.. tterrrreus ((12..2%)) ,, A.. candiidus ((10%)) ,, A.. parrasiittiicus ((7..7%)) ,,
candiida allbiicans ((6..6%)) ,, C.. ttrropiicalliis ((6..6%)) ,, Peniiciilllliium spp.. ((4..4%)) ,, Rhiizopus
spp.. ((3..3%)) ,, Alltterrnarriia spp.. ((2..2%)) and tthe derrmattophyttes Epiiderrmophytton
fflloccossum ((1..1%)) ,, Trriichophyttiion rrubrrum ((1..1%)) ..
Hiigerr deatth perrcenttage werre rrecorrded wiitth tthiirrd degrree off burrns ((32%)) ,,
ffollllowed by second degrree off burrns ((24..3%)) ,, and ffiirrstt degrree off burrns ((0%)) ,, tthe
rresulltts showed tthatt tthe deatth perrcenttage iincrrease wiitth tthe iincrrease off tthe burrned
body surrfface arrea ,, iitt was (( 100%)) when tthe burrn body surrfface arreas above ((80%)) ..
As tthe causes off burrns we showed hiigherr perrcenttage off burrns was rrecorrded wiitth
ellecttrriic generrattorr ((32%)) ,, whiille tthe lless perrcenttage was rrecorrded wiitth chemiicall burrns
((1%)).. Allso durriing tthiis sttudy we appearred aboutt ((8)) speciies off Opporrttuniisttiic ffungii
werre ablle tto prroduce affllattoxiin when grrown on ttwo diifffferrentt mediia underr ttwo
ttemperratturre degrree 25 ْ C,, 30 ْ C subsequenttlly,, and allso we ffound tthatt Asperrgiillllus
ffumiigattus was tthe bestt speciies fforr prroducttiion off affllattoxiin ,, whiille tthe ttwo ffungii A..
niigerr and A.. candiidus tthe lless speciies fforr prroducttiion off affllattoxiin iin iisollatted ttestted. |