A human case of house dust mite Tarsonemus floricolus collected from sputum.
A 23-year-old medical student showed a positive reaction on a skin test for Paragonimus westermani, and two Tarsonemus floricolus mites were subsequently found by sputum examination and identified morphologically. Our report is the first human case of Tarsonemus floricolus in Korea.
Ryu
Jae-Sook
JS
Department of Parasitology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul 133-791, Korea. jsryu@hanyang.ac.kr
Ree
Han-Il
HI
Min
Duk-Young
DY
Ahn
Myoung-Hee
MH
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D008924:Mite Infestations / Q000469:parasitology*; D039981:Pyroglyphidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development*; D013183:Sputum / Q000469:parasitology*