Crusted scabies in AIDS patient, a clinical challenge to be sorted out with a simple bedside test

Norwegian or crusted scabies is a highly contagious severe variant of scabies described first among leprosy patients in Norway in 1848 by Boeck and Danielsen. Herein, we report a case of crusted scabies in an AIDS patient with large hyperpigmented macules covered with thick crusts present over the a...

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Autores principales: Indira, Bonthu, Darsan, S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9890999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36743101
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijstd.ijstd_31_22
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description Norwegian or crusted scabies is a highly contagious severe variant of scabies described first among leprosy patients in Norway in 1848 by Boeck and Danielsen. Herein, we report a case of crusted scabies in an AIDS patient with large hyperpigmented macules covered with thick crusts present over the axilla, inguinal region, and gluteal region. Treatment started immediately with ivermectin, permethrin, and keratolytics after doing KOH microscopy. Mite population may exceed 1 million/person. Hence, it is highly infectious and can set off epidemics of scabies in home or institutions.
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spelling pubmed-98909992023-02-02 Crusted scabies in AIDS patient, a clinical challenge to be sorted out with a simple bedside test Indira, Bonthu Darsan, S Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS Photofeature Norwegian or crusted scabies is a highly contagious severe variant of scabies described first among leprosy patients in Norway in 1848 by Boeck and Danielsen. Herein, we report a case of crusted scabies in an AIDS patient with large hyperpigmented macules covered with thick crusts present over the axilla, inguinal region, and gluteal region. Treatment started immediately with ivermectin, permethrin, and keratolytics after doing KOH microscopy. Mite population may exceed 1 million/person. Hence, it is highly infectious and can set off epidemics of scabies in home or institutions. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022 2022-08-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9890999/ /pubmed/36743101 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijstd.ijstd_31_22 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS https://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.
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