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Dishwashers Can Cause Lung Infections
A dishwasher can be a hotspot for harbouring harmful fungi like black yeasts, which can cause lung infections, according to a research.
Turkish researchers said that dishwashers with their moist, warm environment are a ‘major indoor niche’ for harmful fungal pathogens, theNew York Daily News reported.
For their study, the researchers went to 177 homes and picked about 900 samples from the dishwashers, washing machines, refrigerators,bathtubs, bathroom walls and showerheads.
They found that about 33 per cent of the samples tested positive for fungi, with the common onebeing Exophiala dermatitidis and phaeomuriformis, two types of black yeast, and dishwashers the most likely location where they were breeding.
The new study has been published in the journal Medical Mycology
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ba medza
July 16, 2013 at 6:56 am
Efyo mbomfeshafye ifishikisa or imitoi.
Ajax
July 16, 2013 at 7:15 am
98% Zambians are too poor to afford even a kitchen sink or tap water, let alone a dish washer… news yabupuba
Abakumushi
July 16, 2013 at 8:39 pm
Ifwe tusukila imbale kumumana.
Uwakwamununga
July 16, 2013 at 11:22 pm
IFWE NEIGHBOUR ALITUSUMINISHA UKUTAPA AMA DRUM YAMENSHI YABILI PAMULUNGU SO TWITULULAFYE PANONOPANONO AYATALALA.