Several cheeses rely on cheese mites to give a certain flavor to the cheese.
Mites associated with cheese include:
(1) Tyrophagus putrescentiae
(2) Acarus farris
Human responses:
(1) dermatitis
(2) food allergy
(3) hypersensitivity pneumonitis (cheese maker's pneumonitis)
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Specialty: Infectious Diseases
