Catalog

Bird mite dermatitis

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Bird mite dermatitis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/826218016

An inflammatory, intensely pruritic reaction to contact with any of a variety of parasitic avian mites. Bird mite dermatitis presents typically as a profuse asymmetrical urticarial, papular or papulovesicular eruption. The diagnosis is frequently obscured by secondary excoriation and impetiginizion. Commoner causes include Dermanyssus gallinae (the red poultry mite) and Ornithonyssus sylviarum (the northern fowl mite).