A Water-Damaged Home and Health of Occupants: A Case Study

Table 5

Mycotoxins present in body fluid of the five members of the family and the pet dog.

Patient specimen	Trichothecenes (ppb)	Aflatoxins (ppb)	Ochratoxin (ppb)
Father-Urine	NP	NP	18.2
Father-Nasal^1 Secretion	NP	0.5; 11.2	13; 7.7
Mother-Urine	NP	NP	18.2
Mother-Nasal Secretion	1.02	1.2	1.6
Daughter-Urine	0.23	NP	28.0
Daughter-Nasal^2 Secretion	4.68	NP	3.8
Son-Urine	0.2	NP	18.9
Son-Nasal Secretion	ND	ND	ND
Breast Milk	0.18	0.9	2.7
Placenta	NP	NP	4.2
Umbilical Cord	NP	NP	7
New Born-Urine	NP	NP	NP
Dog-Urine	1.49	NP	25.9
Dog-Ear Mass	23.07	0	2.2
Dog-Lipoma	20.9	0	1.4

Limits of Detection: Trichothecenes (0.2 ppb); Aflatoxins (1.0 ppb); Ochratoxin A (2.0 ppb).
ND: Not done.
NP: Not present.
¹Pseudomonas aueroginosa and Penicillium were cultured from the nasal secretions. These data represent two different tests.
²Acinetobacter sp. was cultured from nasal secretion at too numerous to count. In addition, Aspergillus fumigatus was cultured from left ethmoid and sphenoid mucosal surgical specimen.