Prevalence of toxigenic fungi associated with rhinosinusitis cases in al-Diwanyah city

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This aimed to investigate of toxigenic fungi associated with sinusitis therefore 75specimens were collected from patients suffers from Rhino sinusitis sinusitis after diagnosis by specialist physician and attended to Al-diwanyah teaching hospitals and investigate the ability of some fungi on mycotoxin production.

The prevalence of fungal sinusitis in our study was 60% .

Aspergillus spp was the most commonly isolated species with percentage (44.44% )of fungus and this fungi had ability to produce Aflatoxin that appear as florescent blue spot on TLC plates when Checked under UV.