Table III.

Comparison of Average Species Concentrations in Dust Samples

	Non‐CRS Dust, Average	CRS Dust All, Average	CRS High Only, Average	CRS Not High, Average
Group 1
Fungal ID\Sample ID
Aspergillus flavus	4	2	2	2
Aspergillus fumigatus	14	45	19	50
Aspergillus niger	106	102	134	92
Aspergillus ochraceus	7	10	3	12
Aspergillus penicillioides	13	123	26	143
Aspergillus restrictus	125	251	36	298
Aspergillus sclerotiorum	1	1	3	0
Aspergillus sydowii	11	8	1	10
Aspergillus unquis	0	75	1	90
Aspergillus versicolor	2	15	11	16
Aureobasidium pullulans	46,355	13,813	27,698	10,077
Chaetomium globosum	6	39	172	5
Cladosporium sphaerospermum	87	51	44	51
Eurotium amstelodami	38	24	31	22
Paecilomyces variotii	4	8	4	8
Penicillium brevicompactum	374	551	752	486
Penicillium corylophilum	16	23	14	25
Penicilliumcrustosum	58	186	89	203
Penicillium purpurogenum	9	51	2	62
Penicillium spinulosum	2	7	4	8
Penicillium variabile	17	271	21	323
Scopulariopsis brevicaulis	3	3	1	3
Scopulariopsis chartarum	9	5	9	4
Stachybotrys chartarum	28	8	7	8
Trichoderma viride	18	9	17	6
Wallemia sebi	978	241	59	278
Group 2
Acremonium strictum	3	3	5	2
Alternaria alternata	252	158	298	123
Aspergillus ustus	21	23	6	27
Cladosporium cladosporioides 1	10,833	4,322	6,492	3,833
Cladosporium cladosporioides 2	285	262	258	266
Cladosporium herbarum	5,453	2,248	4,406	1,725
Epicoccum nigrum	1,111	854	662	887
Mucor group	349	169	112	177
Penicillium chrysogenum 2	192	304	372	281
Rhizopus stolonifer	395	100	17	117

CRS = chronic rhinosinusitis.