TABLE 1.
Survival of fungal isolatesa on various fabrics and plastics
| Microorganism | No. of isolates tested | Length of survival (no. of days) of individual isolates on:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton | Terry | Blend | Polyester | Spandex | Polyethylene | Polyurethane | ||
| C. albicans | 2 | 1, 3 | 1, 1 | 1, 3 | 1, 1 | 3, 4 | 5, 6 | 4, 5 |
| C. tropicalis | 2 | 1, 2 | 1, 1 | 3, 5 | 1, 8 | 7, 10 | 7, 18 | 6, 12 |
| C. krusei | 2 | 1, 1 | <1, <1 | 2, 4 | 8, 8 | 10, 11 | 3, 7 | 4, 4 |
| C. parapsilosis | 2 | 9, 27 | 2, 9 | >30, >30 | 27, >30 | >30, >30 | >30, >30 | >30, >30 |
| A. flavus | 3 | 2, 8, >30 | 7, 18, 19 | 5, 10, >30 | 2, 6, 20 | 19, 26, >30 | >30, >30, >30 | 8, 22, >30 |
| A. fumigatus | 3 | 1, 10, >30 | 4, 5, >30 | 3, 3, >30 | 1, 7, >30 | 5, >30, >30 | >30, >30, >30 | 5, >30, >30 |
| A. niger | 3 | 3, 8, >30 | 1, 1, >30 | 4, 7, >30 | 2, 8, >30 | >30, >30, >30 | >30, >30, >30 | 2, 6, >30 |
| A. terreus | 3 | 2, >30, >30 | 1, >30, >30 | 2, >30, >30 | 2, >30, >30 | 18, >30, >30 | >30, >30, >30 | 12, >30, >30 |
| Fusarium sp. | 1 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | >30 | 6 |
| Mucor sp. | 1 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 24 | >30 | 21 | 20 |
| Paecilomyces sp. | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 11 |
a
Inoculum of 104 to 105 CFU/swatch.