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Crusted scabies with scalp involvement in an institutionalized elderly
Scabies is a common disease and typically described as a skin condition with sparing of face and scalp in adults. However, crusted scabies is not conventional scabies. It can also affect the scalp. Herein, we report an unusual case of crusted scabies with scalp infestation and suggest that for cases...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7529179/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33063008 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijstd.IJSTD_101_17 |
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author | Chiu, Hsiu-Hui Lan, Cheng-Che E. |
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description | Scabies is a common disease and typically described as a skin condition with sparing of face and scalp in adults. However, crusted scabies is not conventional scabies. It can also affect the scalp. Herein, we report an unusual case of crusted scabies with scalp infestation and suggest that for cases with suspicious lesions on scalp, immunocompromised patients or relapse cases, crusted scabies, special age groups, such as infant, young children, and the elderly, topical treatment of the scalp should be included. |
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spelling | pubmed-75291792020-10-13 Crusted scabies with scalp involvement in an institutionalized elderly Chiu, Hsiu-Hui Lan, Cheng-Che E. Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS Photofeature Scabies is a common disease and typically described as a skin condition with sparing of face and scalp in adults. However, crusted scabies is not conventional scabies. It can also affect the scalp. Herein, we report an unusual case of crusted scabies with scalp infestation and suggest that for cases with suspicious lesions on scalp, immunocompromised patients or relapse cases, crusted scabies, special age groups, such as infant, young children, and the elderly, topical treatment of the scalp should be included. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020 2020-06-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7529179/ /pubmed/33063008 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijstd.IJSTD_101_17 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Photofeature Chiu, Hsiu-Hui Lan, Cheng-Che E. Crusted scabies with scalp involvement in an institutionalized elderly |
title | Crusted scabies with scalp involvement in an institutionalized elderly |
title_full | Crusted scabies with scalp involvement in an institutionalized elderly |
title_fullStr | Crusted scabies with scalp involvement in an institutionalized elderly |
title_full_unstemmed | Crusted scabies with scalp involvement in an institutionalized elderly |
title_short | Crusted scabies with scalp involvement in an institutionalized elderly |
title_sort | crusted scabies with scalp involvement in an institutionalized elderly |
topic | Photofeature |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7529179/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33063008 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijstd.IJSTD_101_17 |
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