Research Article

The Relationship between Mold Exposure and Allergic Response in Post-Katrina New Orleans

Table 2

Results of SPT for mold and the number of persons testing positive to each mold.

Type of MoldNumber Testing Positive

Acremonium4
Alternaria alternate14
Aspergillus fumigates6
Botrytis cinerea9
Candida albicans0
Chaetomium globosum0
Cladosporium cladosporioides5
Curvularia spp.20
Epicoccum nigrum10
Fusarium spp.5
Gliocladium6
Helminosporium15
Mucor spp.2
Neurospora spp.3
Nigrospora spp.4
Penicillium mixed9
Phoma herbarum13
Pullularia pullulans3
Rhizopus spp.0
Rhodotorula rubra0
Smuts, Mixed0
Stemphyllium spp.3
Trichoderma2
Trichophyton mentagrophytes1