Pantoea agglomerans: A mysterious bacterium of evil and good. Part I. Deleterious effects: Dust-borne endotoxins and allergens - Focus on cotton dust

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 576-588

  Dutkiewicz, Jacek ^a   MacKiewicz, Barbara ^b   Lemieszek, Marta Kinga ^a   Golec, Marcin ^a   Milanowski, Janusz ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allergens; Animal experiments; Byssinosis; Cotton dust; Endotoxins; Pantoea agglomerans; Work related symptoms

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ENDOTOXIN; DUST;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BYSSINOSIS; CANCER RISK; COTTON DUST; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; LUNG CANCER; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TOXIN ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COTTON; DUST; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PANTOEA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALLERGENS; BYSSINOSIS; COTTON FIBER; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PANTOEA;

EID: 84950297801     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5604/12321966.1185757     Document Type: Review

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