Fungi
Fungal disease is typically associated with soil or
construction projects.
Fungi (Aspergillus/Fusarium) are found in decaying
organic mate rial and soils and are generally transmitted via inhalation of
spores. Transplant and cancer patients are at particularly high risk for
fungal infections. More recently, it has been suggested that fungi may be a
source of waterborne infection. In one study, fungi were isolated from a
hospital water supply. 12 The Fusarium isolated from the water supply and the
infected patients were found to be identical.
