A case of Norwegian scabies in a patient with leukemia cutis secondary to chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Crusted (Norwegian) scabies is a rare variant of Scabies which usually presents in patients with poor cellular immunity that occurs in conditions like AIDS, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Steroid/Chemotherapy, solid organ transplant, and malnutrition. We present a case of Norwegian (crusted) scabies in a patie...

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Autores principales: Mathew, Minu, Kumar, Sahayini
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7599005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33194131
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2020.1811072
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description Crusted (Norwegian) scabies is a rare variant of Scabies which usually presents in patients with poor cellular immunity that occurs in conditions like AIDS, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Steroid/Chemotherapy, solid organ transplant, and malnutrition. We present a case of Norwegian (crusted) scabies in a patient with concurrent leukemia cutis. The scabies infection presented with a similar rash as the leukemia cutis which delayed the diagnosis and treatment.
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spelling pubmed-75990052020-11-12 A case of Norwegian scabies in a patient with leukemia cutis secondary to chronic lymphocytic leukemia Mathew, Minu Kumar, Sahayini J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect Case Report Crusted (Norwegian) scabies is a rare variant of Scabies which usually presents in patients with poor cellular immunity that occurs in conditions like AIDS, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Steroid/Chemotherapy, solid organ transplant, and malnutrition. We present a case of Norwegian (crusted) scabies in a patient with concurrent leukemia cutis. The scabies infection presented with a similar rash as the leukemia cutis which delayed the diagnosis and treatment. Taylor & Francis 2020-10-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7599005/ /pubmed/33194131 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2020.1811072 Text en © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group on behalf of Greater Baltimore Medical Center. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title A case of Norwegian scabies in a patient with leukemia cutis secondary to chronic lymphocytic leukemia
title_full A case of Norwegian scabies in a patient with leukemia cutis secondary to chronic lymphocytic leukemia
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title_short A case of Norwegian scabies in a patient with leukemia cutis secondary to chronic lymphocytic leukemia
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