Tropical Rat Mite Dermatitis

Abstract

• We had a patient with dermatitis caused by the bite of<i>Ornithonyssus bacoti</i>(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. (<i>Arch Dermatol</i>113:937-938, 1977)