Specific molds associated with asthma in water-damaged homes

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1: J Occup Environ Med. 2006 Aug;48(8):852-8. Links

Specific molds associated with asthma in water-damaged homes.

Vesper SJ, McKinstry C, Yang C, Haugland RA, Kercsmar CM, Yike I,

Schluchter MD, Kirchner HL, Sobolewski J, Allan TM, Dearborn DG.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268, USA.

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OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine if specific molds were found in

significantly higher concentrations in the water-damaged homes of

asthmatic children compared with homes with no visible water damage.

METHODS: The mold concentrations in the dust in asthmatic children's

bedrooms in water-damaged homes (N = 60) and control homes (N = 22)

were measured by mold-specific quantitative polymerase chain

reaction. RESULTS: Two molds, Scopulariopsis brevicaulis and

Trichoderma viride, had significantly (P < 0.05) higher

concentrations in asthmatics' homes compared with control homes and

three other molds (Penicillium crustosum group, Stachybotrys

chartarum, and Wallemia sebi) had P values <0.1. CONCLUSIONS: A

relative moldiness index was developed to predict the likely

development of asthma in water-damaged homes in Cleveland.

PMID: 16902378 [PubMed - in process]