Abstract
Allergologie select, Vol. 8/2024 (90-198)
AWMF mold guideline “Medical clinical diagnostics for indoor mold exposure” – Update 2023 AWMF Register No. 161/001
Julia Hurraß1,a,b, Birger Heinzow2,a, Sandra Walser-Reichenbach3,a,b, Ute Aurbach4,5,a, Sven Becker6,a, Romuald Bellmann7,a, Karl-Christian Bergmann8,a,b, Oliver A. Cornely9,a, Steffen Engelhart10,a,b, Guido Fischer11,a, Thomas Gabrio12,a, Caroline E.W. Herr3,13,a,b, Marcus Joest14,a, Christian Karagiannidis15,16,a, Ludger Klimek17,a,b, Martin Köberle18,a,b, Annette Kolk19,a, Herbert Lichtnecker20,a, Thomas Lob-Corzilius21,a,b, Norbert Mülleneisen22,a,b, Dennis Nowak23,a,b, Uta Rabe24,a,b, Monika Raulf25,a,b, Jörg Steinmann26,a, Jens-Oliver Steiß27,28,a,b, Jannik Stemler9,a, Ulli Umpfenbach29,a, Kerttu Valtanen30,a, Barbora Werchan31,a, Birgit Willinger32,a,b, and Gerhard A. Wiesmüller4,5,33,a,b
1Section for Hygiene in Healthcare Facilities, Division of Infection Control and Environmental Hygiene, Cologne Health Department, Cologne, 2Formerly: State Agency for Social Services (LAsD) Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, 3Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Munich, 4Laboratory Dr. Wisplinghoff, 5ZfMK – Center for Environment, Hygiene and Mycology Cologne, Cologne, 6Department for Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Medical Center Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, 7Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, 8Institute of Allergology Charité, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, 9Institute for Translational Research, CECAD Cluster of Excellence, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany and Department I for Internal Medicine, Cologne University Hospital, Cologne, 10Institute for Hygiene and Public Health, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, 11Baden-Württemberg State Health Office in the Stuttgart Regional Council, Stuttgart, 12Formerly: Baden-Württemberg State Health Office in the Stuttgart Regional Council, Stuttgart, 13Environmental Health and Prevention, Institute and Polyclinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University of Munich Hospital Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, 14Allergological-Immunological Laboratory, Helios Lung and Allergy Center Bonn, Bonn, 15Faculty of Health, Professorship for Extracorporeal Lung Replacement Procedures, University of Witten/Herdecke, Witten/Herdecke, 16Lung Clinic Cologne Merheim, Clinics of the City of Cologne, Cologne, 17Center for Rhinology and Allergology, Wiesbaden, 18Department of Dermatology and Allergy Biederstein, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, 19Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (IFA) of the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV), Unit Biological Agents, Sankt Augustin, 20Medical Institute for Environmental and Occupational Medicine MIU GmbH Erkrath, Erkrath, 21Scientific working group of environmental medicine of the German Society of Pediatric Allergology (GPAU), 22Asthma and Allergy Center Leverkusen, Leverkusen, 23Institute and Polyclinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, member of the German Center for Lung Research, Hospital of the University of Munich, Munich, 24Center for Allergology and Asthma, Johanniter Hospital Treuenbrietzen, Treuenbrietzen, 25Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Statutory Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum (IPA), Bochum, 26Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg GmbH, Giessen, 27Specialized Practice in Allergology and Pediatric Pulmonology in Fulda, Fulda, 28Institute for Clinical Hygiene, Medical Microbiology and Clinical Infectiology, Paracelsus Private Medical University Nuremberg Clinic, Nuremberg, 29Doctor for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Pediatric Pulmonology, Environmental Medicine, Classical Homeopathy, Asthma Trainer, Neurodermatitis Trainer, Viersen, 30FG II 1.4 Microbiological Risks, German Environment Agency, Berlin, 31German Pollen Information Service Foundation (PID), Berlin, Germany, 32Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Microbiology – Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, and 33Institute for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Uniclinic RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany, aCo-author, bMember of a scientific medical society, a society or a medical association with voting rights
Correspondence to:
Dr. rer. nat. Julia Hurraß, Hygiene in Health Care Facilities, Department of Infection and Environmental Hygiene, Cologne City Health Department, Neumarkt 15 – 21, 50667 Cologne, Germany
Email: [email protected]
