Table 1 Extracellular enzymes produced by the tested fungal isolates collected from ICUs and ORs at Assiut University hospitals
Fungal isolates | No. of tested isolates | Protease | Lipase | Urease | Hemolysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | + Ve | - Ve | + Ve | -Ve | +Ve | -Ve | + Ve | - Ve |
Aspergillus flavus | 20 | 16 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
Aspergillus fumigatus | 16 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 4 |
Aspergillus niger | 19 | 15 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 6 |
Cladosporium cladosporioides | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Fusarium solani | 17 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
Fusarium oxysporum | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Myrothecium roridum | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Stachybotrys elegans | 26 | 22 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 19 | 7 |
Total | 110 | 79 | 31 | 94 | 16 | 78 | 32 | 77 | 33 |