九州地方の川崎氏病患児宅の屋内塵中のダニ相について

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Mite faunas in house dust samples collected from homes of children with Kawasaki disease (Mucocutaneous lymphnode syndrome; MCLS) living in the southern parts of Japan were examined. Average number of mites contained in 0.5g of these dust samples was 657 (n=24,range 40-3608). The number was not significantly different from that of our previous report in Kanto district. The number was not correlated with risk scores of MCLS (r=0.050). There was no specific mite species in dusts from homes of children with Kawasaki disease. The number of Dermatophagoides farinae was lower in dusts from Kawasaki disease than that from control dusts of previous report. Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus was found in all house dust samples. Rate of mites of Cryptostigmata seemed larger than that of our previous report. In summary, mite fauna in dust samples from homes of children with Kawasaki disease was not conspicuously different from the fauna of normal control house dusts in our previous reports.