Scabies in the age of increasing drug resistance

Scabies is an infestation of the skin by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei. It manifests with pruritic erythematous papules and excoriations, in addition to the pathognomonic burrows. Multiple drugs can be used for treatment, but resistance to conventional therapy is increasing throughout the years. This p...

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Autores principales: Khalil, Samar, Abbas, Ossama, Kibbi, Abdul Ghani, Kurban, Mazen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5708620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29190303
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005920
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description Scabies is an infestation of the skin by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei. It manifests with pruritic erythematous papules and excoriations, in addition to the pathognomonic burrows. Multiple drugs can be used for treatment, but resistance to conventional therapy is increasing throughout the years. This paper will review the mechanisms of resistance proposed in the literature and some of the potential solutions to this problem.
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spelling pubmed-57086202017-12-15 Scabies in the age of increasing drug resistance Khalil, Samar Abbas, Ossama Kibbi, Abdul Ghani Kurban, Mazen PLoS Negl Trop Dis Review Scabies is an infestation of the skin by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei. It manifests with pruritic erythematous papules and excoriations, in addition to the pathognomonic burrows. Multiple drugs can be used for treatment, but resistance to conventional therapy is increasing throughout the years. This paper will review the mechanisms of resistance proposed in the literature and some of the potential solutions to this problem. Public Library of Science 2017-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5708620/ /pubmed/29190303 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005920 Text en © 2017 Khalil et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Scabies in the age of increasing drug resistance
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5708620/
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