Aerial pathogenic micro fungi in medical classes on medical faculty

Abstract

Microbiological air pollution consists of micro fungi and bacteria. Micro fungi are indoor air pollutant because its spores widely spread, floats in the air, surface, dust, and water, and can be pathogenic. Isolation and identification of aerial pathogenic micro fungi in study rooms in Medical Faculty attempted to find whether there was difference of micro fungi number in every study room. The research design is experimental descriptive research, using 8 samples with 3 repetitions. Data analyzed using Kruskal-Walls test. The research result showed the successfully identified 10 aerial pathogenic micro fungi which were: Aspergillus Niger, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus glaucus, Rhizopus sp., Mucor sp., Penicillium sp., Trichoderma sp., Syncephalastrum sp., Scopulariopsis sp., and Cladophialophorabantiana. The research also showed that there was difference of aerial pathogenic micro fungi number in every study rooms ranging between 16,490-73,026 CFU m3, but statistically there wasn't significant difference. (P Value = 0,459). The result was still considered as normal based on the regulation of ministry of health Republic of Indonesia.