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

Table 2

This table summarizes the identification and enumeration of culturable air-borne fungi collected by Aerotech cassettes (including speciation of Penicillium, Aspergillus, Cladosporium, and Stachybotrys) by EMSL Method M050.

Sample location	Media	Temp (°C)	Sensitivity & dilution	Fungal identification	Colon count	CFU per cassette
Swimming pool deck	MEA	25	100 & 100	None detected	0	0
Master bedroom	MEA	25	100 & 100	Asp. sydowii	1	100
			100 & 100	Cl. sphaerospermum	1	100
				P. chrysogenum	1	100
				Total	3	300
Crawl space	MEA	25	100 & 100	Asp. ochraceus	5	500
			100 & 100	Asp. sydowii	2	200
			100 & 100	P. chrysogenum	1	100
			1000 & 1000	P. citreonigrum	1	1000
			1000 & 1000	Phialophora sp.	1	1000
			1000 & 1000	Sterile (dark) sp.	1	1000
				Total	11	3.800
Wall space master bedroom	MEA	25	100 & 100	Asp. fumigatus	1	100
			100 & 100	Asp. ustus	3	300
			100 & 100	Paecilomyces sp.	2	200
			1000 & 1000	P. chrysogenum	1	1000
				Total	7	1.600