Occupational otitis externa in chicken catchers.
Otitis externa is only occasionally occupational in origin and infestations of the ear are even less common. Two cases of occupational otitis externa due to infestation with Dermanyssus gallinae, the red poultry mite, are reported occurring in poultry workers.
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Department of Occupational Health, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Heavitree), UK.
D000328:Adult; D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008924:Mite Infestations / Q000150:complications*; D010032:Otitis Externa / Q000469:parasitology*; D015047:Zoonoses