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Crusted scabies in a healthy infant
Author(s) -
Baysal V,
Yildirim M,
Türkman Ç,
Aridogan B,
Aydin G
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of the european academy of dermatology and venereology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.655
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1468-3083
pISSN - 0926-9959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.00846.x
Subject(s) - scabies , medicine , immunosuppression , permethrin , lotion , dermatology , immunology , pesticide , traditional medicine , agronomy , biology
Crusted scabies is generally seen in mentally retarded and immunosuppressed individuals. We report the case of a patient with crusted scabies with neither systemic disease nor immunosuppression; all the lesions were cured with applications of 5% permethrin lotion.