Table 2 Combinations of the occurrence of particular pyroglyphid and non-pyroglyphid mite taxa and their relative frequency in the examined dwellings of asthmatic patients in Bytom (south Poland).

From: Abundance of domestic mites in dwellings of children and adolescents with asthma in relation to environmental factors and allergy symptoms

Combinations of mite taxa

Number of samples positive [Proportion]1

Samples containing only pyroglyphid mites

28 [0.44]

DP

7 [0.11]

DF

18 [0.29]

DP + DF

1

DP + EM

1

DF + DP + EM + GL

1

Samples with pyroglyphid and non-pyroglyphid mites

15 [0.24]

DF + AS

1

DF + TP

1

DF + ChE

1

DP + ChE

3

DF + Gam

1

DP + DF + GD

1

DP + DF + Ch E

3

DP + LD + ChE

2

DP + DF + Ch E + LD

1

DP + LD + ChE + MES

1

  1. 1in relation to a total of samples examined (n = 63) (all proportions can be calculated by the reader, only those > 0.1 are shown), DF: Dermatophagoides farinae, DP: Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, EM: Euroglyphus maynei, GL: Gymnoglyphus longior, AS: Acarus siro complex, TP: Tyrophagus putrescentiae, GD: Glycyphagus domesticus, LD: Lepidoglyphus destructor, ChE: Cheyletus eruditus, MES: Mesostigmata.
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