Tropical rat mite dermatitis.
We had a patient with dermatitis caused by the bite of Ornighonyssus bascoti (Hirst), commonly referred to as the tropical rat mite. The bite of this mite resulted in a severely pruritic papular dermatitis in our patient. Accurate identification of the mite indicated the presence of rat infestation.
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D003872:Dermatitis / Q000209:etiology*; D004199:Disease Vectors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008924:Mite Infestations / Q000150:complications*; D051381:Rats