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Tytuł:: Occupational exposure to organic dust, microorganisms, endotoxin and peptidoglycan among plants processing workers in Poland
Autorzy:: Gora, A
Mackiewicz, B.
Krawczyk, P.
Golec, M.
Skorska, C.
Sitkowska, J.
Cholewa, G.
Larsson, L.
Jarosz, M.
Wojcik-Fatla, A.
Dutkiewicz, J.
Powiązania:: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/50063.pdf
Data publikacji:: 2009
Wydawca:: Instytut Medycyny Wsi
Tematy:: occupational exposure
organic dust
dust
microorganism
endotoxin
plant processing
worker
Polska
peptidoglycan
bioaerosol
agricultural industry
Źródło:: Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine; 2009, 16, 1; 143-150
1232-1966
Pojawia się w:: Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
Dostawca treści:: Biblioteka Nauki

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Tytuł:: Health effects of exposure to organic dust in workers of a modern hatchery
Autorzy:: Skorska, C
Mackiewicz, B.
Golec, M.
Cholewa, G.
Chmielowiec-Korzeniowska, A.
Dutkiewicz, J.
Powiązania:: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/49248.pdf
Data publikacji:: 2007
Wydawca:: Instytut Medycyny Wsi
Tematy:: occupational exposure
poultry farm
egg laying house
work-related symptom
organic dust
allergy
dust
hatchery worker
Opis:: The aim of the presented study was to determine the health status of workers occupationally exposed to moderate amounts of organic dust, employed in a modern hatchery with an effi cient ventilation system. A group of 32 hatchery workers was examined. As a reference group, 50 urban dwellers not exposed to any kind of organic dust were examined. All people were interviewed for the presence of work-related symptoms and subjected to physical and spirometric examinations. Blood sera were examined for the presence of precipitins against 13 antigens associated with organic dust, and for the presence of total and chicken-specifi c No signifi cant differences were found between the spirometric values in the group of hatchery workers and the reference group. Positive precipitin reactions were noted mostly with the antigens of Gram-negative bacteria associated with organic dust. The frequencies of positive reactions to antigens of Escherichia coli and Acinetobacter baumannii in hatchery workers were signifi cantly greater compared to the reference group (p<0.05). Precipitin reactions to Gram-positive non-branching bacteria, actinomycetes, fungi and bird protein, were rare or absent. The mean concentration of total IgE in sera of hatchery workers was nearly 3 times greater compared to the reference group, and the difference proved to be statistically signifi cant (p<0.05). No specifi c IgE antibodies against chicken feathers were detected in the blood of hatchery workers and referents. In conclusion, the examined hatchery workers showed a moderate frequency of work-related symptoms, no decline in lung function and low reactivity to most microbial and bird protein allergens. These results suggest that the effects of exposure to organic dust in workers of modern hatcheries with an effi cient ventilation system are less compared to the workers of poultry farms, such as broiler or egg laying houses.
Źródło:: Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine; 2007, 14, 2
1232-1966
Pojawia się w:: Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
Dostawca treści:: Biblioteka Nauki

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Tytuł:: Acute hypersensitivity pneumonitis in woodworkers caused by inhalation of birch dust contaminated with Pantoea agglomerans and Microbacterium barkeri
Autorzy:: Mackiewicz, B.
Dutkiewicz, J.
Siwiec, J.
Kucharczyk, T.
Siek, E.
Wójcik-Fatla, A.
Cholewa, G.
Cholewa, A.
Paściak, M.
Pawlik, K.
Szponar, B.
Milanowski, J.
Powiązania:: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2085105.pdf
Data publikacji:: 2019
Wydawca:: Instytut Medycyny Wsi
Tematy:: hypersensitivity pneumonitis
wood dust
bacteria
Pantoea agglomerans
Microbacterium barkeri
inhalation challenge
occupational exposure
Opis:: Case description. Five workers (2 males and 3 females) employed in a furniture factory located in eastern Poland developed hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) after the pine wood used for furniture production was replaced by birch wood. All of them reported onset of respiratory and general symptoms (cough, shortness of breath, general malaise) after inhalation exposure to birch dust, showed crackles at auscultation, ground-glass attenuations in HRCT examination, and lymphocytosis in the BAL examination. The diagnosis of acute HP was set in 4 persons and the diagnosis of subacute HP in one. Identification of specific allergen. Samples of birch wood associated with evoking disease symptoms were subjected to microbiological analysis with the conventional and molecular methods. Two bacterial isolates were found to occur in large quantities (of the order 108 CFU/g) in examined samples: Gram-negative bacterium of the species Pantoea agglomerans and a non-filamentous Gram-positive actinobacterium of the species Microbacterium barkeri. In the test for inhibition of leukocyte migration, 4 out of 5 examined patients showed a positive reaction in the presence of P. agglomerans and 2 in the presence of M. barkeri. Only one person showed the presence of precipitins to P. agglomerans and none to M. barkeri. In the inhalation challenge, which is the most relevant allergological test in the HP diagnostics, all patients reacted positively to P. agglomerans and only one to M. barkeri. The results indicate that P. agglomerans developing in birch wood was the main agent causing HP in the workers exposed to the inhalation of dust from this wood, while the etiologic role of M. barkeri is probably secondary. Conclusion. The results demonstrate that apart from fungi and filamentous actinobacteria, regarded until recently as causative agents of HP in woodworkers, Gram-negative bacteria and non-filamentous actinobacteria may also elicit disease symptoms in the workers processing wood infected with large amounts of these microorganisms. The results obtained also seem to indicate that cellular-mediated reactions are more significant for causing disease symptoms compared to those that are precipitin-mediated.
Źródło:: Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine; 2019, 26, 4; 644-655
1232-1966
Pojawia się w:: Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
Dostawca treści:: Biblioteka Nauki