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Table 3 Species detected in 70 samples with different levels of fungal growth

From: Nasal swab samples and real-time polymerase chain reaction assays in community-based, longitudinal studies of respiratory viruses: the importance of sample integrity and quality control

Species

Number detected

(high; medium; low; no visible mould)

Epicoccum nigrum

15

(7,2,4,2)

Cladosporium cladosporioides

7

(3,3,1,0)

Aureobasidium pullulan

4

(1,1,2,0)

Cryptococcus flavescens

3

(1,2,0,0)

Alternaria alternata

2

(1,1,0,0)

Alternaria tenuissima

1

(0,0,1,0)

Aspergillus westerdijkiae

1

(0,0,1,0)

Candida parapsilosis

1

(0,1,0,0)

Cladosporium silenes

1

(0,0,0,1)

Cladosporium tenuissimum

1

(0,1,0,0)

Cladosporium uredinicola

1

(1,0,0,0)

Cochliobolus lunatus

1

(0,1,0,0)

Curvularia brachyspora

1

(0,1,0,0)

Curvularia trifolii

1

(0,1,0,0)

Leptosphaerulina australis

1

(0,1,0,0)

Paraphaeosphaeria sp

1

(1,0,0,0)

Penicillium fellutanum

1

(0,0,1,0)

Penicillium oxalicum

1

(0,1,0,0)

Penicillium polonicum

1

(0,0,0,1)

Penicillium spinulosum

1

(0,0,1,0)

Phoma herbarum

1

(0,0,1,0)

Rhodotorula slooffiae

1

(0,1,0,0)

Total

48

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