Occupational exposures to organic dust in irish bakeries and a pizzeria restaurant

Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor(a) principal: Viegas, Carla
Data de Publicação: 2020
Outros Autores: Fleming, Gerard T. A., Kadir, Abdul, Almeida, Beatriz, Caetano, Liliana Aranha, Gomes, Anita Q., Twarużek, Magdalena, Kosicki, Robert, Viegas, Susana, Coggins, Ann Marie
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/54351
Resumo: © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
id RCAP_eaf46bb4963d9899ac68b10181bb892f
oai_identifier_str oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/54351
network_acronym_str RCAP
network_name_str Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
repository_id_str 7160
spelling Occupational exposures to organic dust in irish bakeries and a pizzeria restaurantAspergillusAzole resistance screeningMicrobial contaminationMycotoxinsOccupational exposure assessment© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).For decades, occupational exposure to flour dust has been linked to a range of respiratory diseases, including occupational asthma, thought to result from exposure to fungi present in the flour. Antifungal resistance is of increasing prevalence in clinical settings, and the role of occupational and environmental exposures, particularly for specific fungal species, is of concern. Occupational exposure to flour dust can occur in a range of occupational settings, however, few studies have focused on restaurant workers. The objective of this study was to measure occupational exposure to flour and microbial contamination, including azole resistance screening, in two small commercial bakeries and in a pizzeria. Personal full shift inhalable dust measurements were collected from workers, and were analyzed for inhalable dust and fungi, bacteria, azole resistance, and mycotoxins. Samples of settled dust were collected, and electrostatic dust cloths (EDC) were deployed and analyzed for microbial contamination, including azole resistance screening, and mycotoxins. Geometric mean exposures of 6.5 mg m-³ were calculated for inhalable dust, however, exposures of up to 18.30 mg m-³ were measured-70% of personal exposure measurements exceeded the occupational exposure limit for flour dust of 1.0 mg m-³. The air and EDC fungal counts were similar to those reported in previous studies for similar occupational environments. The fungi were dominated by Penicillium genera, however Aspergillus genera, including Fumigati and Flavi sections, were observed using culture-based methods, and the Fumigati section was also observed by molecular tools. Both Aspergillus sections were identified on the azole resistance screening. Mycotoxins were also detected in the settled dust samples, dominated by deoxynivalenol (DON). The role of environmental exposure in both the development of antimicrobial resistance and the total mycotoxin body burden is a growing concern; therefore, the presence of azole-resistant fungi and mycotoxin contamination, although low in magnitude, is of concern and warrants further investigation.This research was funded by FCT-Fundação para Ciência e Tecnologia grant number (02/SAICT/2016 project no. 23222) and co-financed by Fundação para Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) and the Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education (grant no. 008/RID/2018/19). Funding was also obtained from the MSc Occupational and Environmental Health & Safety programme at the National University of Ireland, Galway to complete the study. This work was supported by FCT-Fundação para Ciência e Tecnologia and by MSc Occupational and Environmental Health & Safety programme at the National University of Ireland. The project is co-financed by Fundação para Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) and the Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education, under program “Regional Initiative of Excellence” in 2019–2022 (grant no. 008/RID/2018/19) and Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (PPN/BIL/2018/1/00231).MDPIRepositório da Universidade de LisboaViegas, CarlaFleming, Gerard T. A.Kadir, AbdulAlmeida, BeatrizCaetano, Liliana AranhaGomes, Anita Q.Twarużek, MagdalenaKosicki, RobertViegas, SusanaCoggins, Ann Marie2022-09-07T13:34:09Z20202020-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/54351engMicroorganisms. 2020 Jan 15;8(1):11810.3390/microorganisms80101182076-2607info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T17:00:04Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/54351Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:04:50.171340Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Occupational exposures to organic dust in irish bakeries and a pizzeria restaurant
title Occupational exposures to organic dust in irish bakeries and a pizzeria restaurant
spellingShingle Occupational exposures to organic dust in irish bakeries and a pizzeria restaurant
Viegas, Carla
Aspergillus
Azole resistance screening
Microbial contamination
Mycotoxins
Occupational exposure assessment
title_short Occupational exposures to organic dust in irish bakeries and a pizzeria restaurant
title_full Occupational exposures to organic dust in irish bakeries and a pizzeria restaurant
title_fullStr Occupational exposures to organic dust in irish bakeries and a pizzeria restaurant
title_full_unstemmed Occupational exposures to organic dust in irish bakeries and a pizzeria restaurant
title_sort Occupational exposures to organic dust in irish bakeries and a pizzeria restaurant
author Viegas, Carla
author_facet Viegas, Carla
Fleming, Gerard T. A.
Kadir, Abdul
Almeida, Beatriz
Caetano, Liliana Aranha
Gomes, Anita Q.
Twarużek, Magdalena
Kosicki, Robert
Viegas, Susana
Coggins, Ann Marie
author_role author
author2 Fleming, Gerard T. A.
Kadir, Abdul
Almeida, Beatriz
Caetano, Liliana Aranha
Gomes, Anita Q.
Twarużek, Magdalena
Kosicki, Robert
Viegas, Susana
Coggins, Ann Marie
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Viegas, Carla
Fleming, Gerard T. A.
Kadir, Abdul
Almeida, Beatriz
Caetano, Liliana Aranha
Gomes, Anita Q.
Twarużek, Magdalena
Kosicki, Robert
Viegas, Susana
Coggins, Ann Marie
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Aspergillus
Azole resistance screening
Microbial contamination
Mycotoxins
Occupational exposure assessment
topic Aspergillus
Azole resistance screening
Microbial contamination
Mycotoxins
Occupational exposure assessment
description © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
publishDate 2020
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv 2020
2020-01-01T00:00:00Z
2022-09-07T13:34:09Z
dc.type.status.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.type.driver.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/article
format article
status_str publishedVersion
dc.identifier.uri.fl_str_mv http://hdl.handle.net/10451/54351
url http://hdl.handle.net/10451/54351
dc.language.iso.fl_str_mv eng
language eng
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Microorganisms. 2020 Jan 15;8(1):118
10.3390/microorganisms8010118
2076-2607
dc.rights.driver.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
eu_rights_str_mv openAccess
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv application/pdf
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv MDPI
publisher.none.fl_str_mv MDPI
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação
instacron:RCAAP
instname_str Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação
instacron_str RCAAP
institution RCAAP
reponame_str Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
collection Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
repository.name.fl_str_mv Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação
repository.mail.fl_str_mv
_version_ 1799134599572357120