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LEMUS-ESPINOZA, Druvic; LEMUS, Rodney; MANISCALCHI BADAOUI, Maria Teresa  e  BONOLI, Stefano. CONTAMINACIÓN BACTERIANA Y FÚNGICA EN EQUIPOS DE TELEFONÍA MÓVIL EN BARCELONA, ESTADO ANZOÁTEGUI, VENEZUELA. Saber [online]. 2015, vol.27, n.4, pp.547-553. ISSN 2343-6468.

Cell phones have become a necessity, imposing significant changes in modern society. Cell phones have favorable conditions for the growth of microorganisms due to heat emission or harboring dirt and sweat. In this study 166 equipment with traditional keyboard (n = 83) and touch screen (n = 83) were evaluated microbiologically. Bacterial and fungal contamination was assessed cultivating agar plates placed in direct contact with various components of the phones. All cell phones were contaminated. The most frequently isolated bacteria were Staphylococcus aureus (29.5%), among Gram positive, and Escherichia coli (19.3%) and, Proteus vulgaris (15.1%), among Gram negative. Among the 18 isolated taxa of bacteria and fungi, Klebsiella pneumoniae was found only in traditional equipment. The percentages of Gram positive and Gram negative isolates were similar in both cell phone types. Among Gram negative, isolates were more frequent in traditional phones ( p < 0.02). The most commonly isolated filamentous fungi were Aspergillus spp (20.5%), Trichoderma (8.4%) and Rhizopus spp (4.8%). Among yeasts, Candida (9.0%) species isolates were more frequent than those of genus Rhodotorula (3.6%). The percentages of filamentous fungi isolates were greater than those of yeasts, either on traditional telephones ( p < 0.0001) or on the touch screen ones ( p < 0.05). In traditional mobile phones the percentages of isolates were higher than in touch phones, either for filamentous fungi ( p < 0.00005), and for yeasts ( p < 0.002). We concluded that cell phones had on their surface a variety of bacteria indicative of fecal contamination and other germs with high potential to transmit infections to ears, skin and skin annexes.

Palavras-chave : Cell phones; bacteria; fungi; pollutants.

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