Affiliation:
1. U.S. Army Biological Laboratories, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland
Abstract
The effect of several fungicides on laboratory surfaces contaminated with the tissue phase of aerosolized
Blastomyces dermatitidis, Coccidioides immitis, Cryptococcus neoformans
, and
Histoplasma capsulatum
was ascertained. A statistical analysis of the data shows the correlation between fungi, surfaces, time, and concentration of disinfectant. All fungicides were effective at established times and concentrations, and the type of contaminated surface affected the fungicidal efficacy. By interpolating plotted graphs, laboratory personnel may determine, with a given fungicide, the concentration and time required to disinfect instruments, pipettes, gloves, bench tops, and floors contaminated with a tissue phase of pathogenic fungi.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics,General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine
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