Negative correlation between mycological surfaces pollution in hospital emergency departments and blood monocytes phagocytosis of healthcare workers

Lewicki S, Bielawska-Drózd A, Winnicka I, et al. Negative correlation between mycological surfaces pollution in hospital emergency departments and blood monocytes phagocytosis of healthcare workers. Central European Journal of Immunology. 2015;40(3):360-365. doi:10.5114/ceji.2015.54600.

APA

Lewicki, S., Bielawska-Drózd, A., Winnicka, I., Leszczyński, P., Cieślik, P.,  & Korniłłowicz-Kowalska, T. et al. (2015). Negative correlation between mycological surfaces pollution in hospital emergency departments and blood monocytes phagocytosis of healthcare workers. Central European Journal of Immunology, 40(3), 360-365. https://doi.org/10.5114/ceji.2015.54600

Chicago

Lewicki, Sławomir, Agata Bielawska-Drózd, Izabela Winnicka, Paweł Leszczyński, Piotr Cieślik, Teresa Korniłłowicz-Kowalska,  and Justyna Bohacz et al. 2015. "Negative correlation between mycological surfaces pollution in hospital emergency departments and blood monocytes phagocytosis of healthcare workers". Central European Journal of Immunology 40 (3): 360-365. doi:10.5114/ceji.2015.54600.

Harvard

Lewicki, S., Bielawska-Drózd, A., Winnicka, I., Leszczyński, P., Cieślik, P., Korniłłowicz-Kowalska, T., Bohacz, J., Jaroszuk-Ściseł, J., Skopińska-Różewska, E.,  and Kocik, J. (2015). Negative correlation between mycological surfaces pollution in hospital emergency departments and blood monocytes phagocytosis of healthcare workers. Central European Journal of Immunology, 40(3), pp.360-365. https://doi.org/10.5114/ceji.2015.54600

MLA

Lewicki, Sławomir et al. "Negative correlation between mycological surfaces pollution in hospital emergency departments and blood monocytes phagocytosis of healthcare workers." Central European Journal of Immunology, vol. 40, no. 3, 2015, pp. 360-365. doi:10.5114/ceji.2015.54600.

Vancouver

Lewicki S, Bielawska-Drózd A, Winnicka I, Leszczyński P, Cieślik P, Korniłłowicz-Kowalska T et al. Negative correlation between mycological surfaces pollution in hospital emergency departments and blood monocytes phagocytosis of healthcare workers. Central European Journal of Immunology. 2015;40(3):360-365. doi:10.5114/ceji.2015.54600.

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The aim of the present study was to find a possible relationship between the presence of yeast and filamentous fungi in hospital emergency departments and the activity levels of blood granulocytes and monocytes in emergency personnel.

The study of mycological pollution was conducted in winter; the samples were collected from 10 Warsaw hospitals emergency departments (HED) and in 10 control locations (office spaces) and included air samples and swabbing of floor and walls. The blood for immunological investigation was taken in spring, from 40 men, 26 to 53 years old, healthcare workers of these departments, who have been working for at least 5 years in their current positions, and from 36 corresponding controls, working in control offices. Evaluation of blood leukocyte subpopulations was done by hematological analyzer and cytometry analysis and monocyte and granulocyte phagocytosis by Phagotest.

There were no significant differences in the level of mycological contamination between the test and control places. The qualitative analysis of the surfaces and air samples revealed a prevalence of strains belonging to Aspergillus spp. and Penicillium spp. genus.

Statistical analysis revealed the existence of negative correlation between the number of phagocytizing blood monocytes and fungi spores content on floor and wall surfaces in hospital emergency departments (r = –0.3282, p < 0.05 and positive correlation between the number of phagocytizing monocytes in the blood of office workers and fungi pollution of control offices (r = 0.4421, p < 0.01).

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Negative correlation between mycological surfaces pollution in hospital emergency departments and blood monocytes phagocytosis of healthcare workers

Sławomir Lewicki , Agata Bielawska-Drózd , Izabela Winnicka , Paweł Leszczyński , Piotr Cieślik , Teresa Korniłłowicz-Kowalska , Justyna Bohacz , Jolanta Jaroszuk-Ściseł , Ewa Skopińska-Różewska , Janusz Kocik

fungi, Emergency Departments, healthcare workers, phagocytosis

Sławomir Lewicki

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Agata Bielawska-Drózd

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Izabela Winnicka

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Paweł Leszczyński

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Piotr Cieślik

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Teresa Korniłłowicz-Kowalska

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Justyna Bohacz

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Jolanta Jaroszuk-Ściseł

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Ewa Skopińska-Różewska

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Janusz Kocik