Scabies Infection - A Nelson's Series Lecture
Scabies Infection - A Nelson's Series Lecture
Scabies Infection - A Nelson's Series Lecture
Classic Scabies (Scabies vulgaris) Infants and children; sexually active adults; Intense generalized pruritus, worse at night; Dermatitis herpetiformis, drug reactions, eczema,
men who have sex with men inflammatory pruritic papules localized to finger pediculosis corporis, lichen planus, pityriasis rosea
webs, flexor aspects of wrists, elbows, axillae,
buttocks, genitalia, female
breasts; lesions and pruritus spare the face, head,
and neck; secondary lesions include
eczematization, excoriation, impetigo
Scalp Scabies Infants and children; institutionalized older Atypical crusted papular lesions of the scalp, face, Dermatomyositis, ringworm, seborrheic
adults; AIDS patients; patients with palms, and soles dermatitis
preexisting crusted scabies
Crusted Scabies (Norwegian Institutionalized older adults; institutionalized Psoriasiform hyperkeratotic popular lesions of the Contact dermatitis, drug
Scabies) developmentally disabled (Down syndrome); scalp, face, neck, hands, feet, with extensive nail reactions, eczema, erythroderma, ichthyosis,
homeless, especially HIV-positive; all involvement; eczematization and impetigo psoriasis
immunocompromised patients, particularly common
those with AIDS or positive for HIV or HTLV-1;
transplant recipients; patients on prolonged
systemic corticosteroids and chemotherapy
Nodular Scabies Sexually active adults; men who have sex with Violaceous pruritic nodules localized to male Acropustulosis, atopic dermatitis, Darier disease,
men; HIV-positive men > HIV-positive women genitalia, groin, axillae, representing lupus erythematosus, lymphomatoid papulosis,
hypersensitivity reaction to mite antigens papular urticaria, necrotizing vasculitis, secondary
syphilis
SCABIES INFECTION - DIAGNOSIS