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Bullous scabies in an adult: A case report with review of literature

Scabies is an infestation caused by Sarcoptes scabiei, characterized by polymorphous lesions that may include burrows, papules, nodules, excoriation, and crusts. Vesicular and bullous lesions are rather rare. Bullous scabies is regarded as a distinct subtype of scabies, closely resembling bullous pe...

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Autor principal: Gutte, Rameshwar M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3853899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24350014
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.120654
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description Scabies is an infestation caused by Sarcoptes scabiei, characterized by polymorphous lesions that may include burrows, papules, nodules, excoriation, and crusts. Vesicular and bullous lesions are rather rare. Bullous scabies is regarded as a distinct subtype of scabies, closely resembling bullous pemphigoid. Here, we report a case of bullous scabies in an adult male and review the literature.
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spelling pubmed-38538992013-12-16 Bullous scabies in an adult: A case report with review of literature Gutte, Rameshwar M. Indian Dermatol Online J Case Report Scabies is an infestation caused by Sarcoptes scabiei, characterized by polymorphous lesions that may include burrows, papules, nodules, excoriation, and crusts. Vesicular and bullous lesions are rather rare. Bullous scabies is regarded as a distinct subtype of scabies, closely resembling bullous pemphigoid. Here, we report a case of bullous scabies in an adult male and review the literature. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3853899/ /pubmed/24350014 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.120654 Text en Copyright: © Indian Dermatology Online Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Bullous scabies in an adult: A case report with review of literature
title_fullStr Bullous scabies in an adult: A case report with review of literature
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title_short Bullous scabies in an adult: A case report with review of literature
title_sort bullous scabies in an adult: a case report with review of literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3853899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24350014
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.120654
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