Incidência de fungos patogênicos em águas e bebedouros de uma instituição de ensino superior

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: research and verify the incidence of pathogenic fungi in water and water fountains and other sources of water on the premises of a higher education institution. MATERIALS and methods: in the period from September to November 2017 were collected water samples and 7 swab main points of drinking water of higher education institution, and viewing in an optical microscope results after 15 days of success RESULTS and DISPUTED: 61.9% No fungal growth but (38.1%) found the presence of potentially pathogenic fungi, among the (38.1%) who hears (23.81%) observed growth of Aspergillus sp. (9.52%) positive for Candida sp, (4.76%) positive for Fusarium sp. CONCLUSION: fungi possess a great potential pathogen, therefore, the adoption of appropriate preventive measures reduces the occurrences of these fungi in water and distribution locations, once and public health problem.