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AEROBIOLOGIA
Volume 35, Issue 2, Pages 297-311Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-019-09561-7
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Underground air quality; Allergen free zone; Fungal spores; Bacteria; Impact and volumetric methods; Subterraneotherapy; Speleotherapy
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The Wieliczka' Salt Mine with specific stable, microclimatic conditions is a unique place, where pulmonary and allergy-related diseases are treated. The aim of this study was to determine the occurrence of biological particles in the air of the Wieliczka' Salt Mine in relation to the location and time. Twenty measurements were taken quarterly in 2012-2016, in four salt chambers. The volumetric and impact methods were used to measure microbiological contamination, while the mite and cat allergens were measured using FEIA assay. The statistically significant differences among the study sites and time of measurements, treated as the following seasons, for spores and bacteria were found. Pollen grains were observed in the underground chambers rarely and in significantly lower quantities than outdoors. No statistically significant differences between the content of Der p1 and Fel d1 allergens among the study locations, seasons and patient presence/absence were found. The qualitative content of micro-organisms in the air of salt chambers seems to be related to the biological material carrying in by patients and staff.
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