Outbreak of tropical rat mite (Ornithonyssus bacoti) dermatitis in a home for disabled persons

Dermatology

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 66-68

  Baumstark, J ^a,c   Beck, W ^b   Hofmann, H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Department of Dermatology and Allergy Biederstein ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Ornithonyssus bacoti; Tropical rat mite; Tropical rat mite dermatitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; GERBIL; GERMANY; HAMSTER; HUMAN; MALE; MITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORNITHONYSSUS BACOTI; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RAT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANIMALS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; GROUP HOMES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MITE INFESTATIONS; RATS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34250867912     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000102037     Document Type: Article

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