Crusted scabies due to indiscriminate use of glucocorticoid therapy in infant

Crusted or Norwegian scabies is a parasitic infectious disease caused by Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis that mainly affects immunocompromised individuals and those with neurological patients. We report a case of crusted scabies in a 4-month-old infant who had been treated erroneously for atopic derm...

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Autores principales: Lima, Fernanda Carvalho da Rocha, Cerqueira, Ana Maria Mósca, Guimarães, Manuela Boleira Sieiro, Padilha, Carolina Barbosa de Sousa, Craide, Fernanda Helena, Bombardelli, Marina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5514581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29186253
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20174433
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Sumario:Crusted or Norwegian scabies is a parasitic infectious disease caused by Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis that mainly affects immunocompromised individuals and those with neurological patients. We report a case of crusted scabies in a 4-month-old infant who had been treated erroneously for atopic dermatitis with high doses of corticosteroids. This initial misdiagnosis associated with the abusive use of corticosteroid facilitated the evolution of scabies to crusted scabies and its main complications of secondary infection and sepsis.

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