Crusted (Norwegian) scabies: A simple office test demystifies the 'great imitator'

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 153-156

  Nowak, Michael A ^a   Mirando, William S ^b   Brodell, Robert T ^b  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; LINDANE; PERMETHRIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DERMATITIS; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDERMIS HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROTOXICITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCABIES; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 0032920304     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.1999.05.1.762     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Shelley WB, Shelley ED. Scanning electron microscopy of the scabies burrow and its contents, with special reference to the Sarcoptes scabiei egg. J Am Acad Dermatol 1983;9(5):673-9
2. Shelley WB, Wood MG. Larval papule as a sign of scabies. JAMA 1976;236(10): 1144-5
3. Gurevitch AW. Scabies and lice. Pediatr Clin North Am 1985;32(4):987-1018
4. Conley BE. Toxic effects of technical benzene hexachloride and its principal isomers. JAMA 1951;147(6):571-4
5. Richey HK, Fenske NA, Cohen LE. Scabies: diagnosis and management. Hosp Pract 1986;21(2):124A-124C, 124H, 124K-124L
6. Alexander JO. Scabies in children. Clin Pediatr (Phila) 1969;8(2):73-85
7. Ackerman AB, Stewart R, Stillman M. Scabies masquerading as dermatitis herpetiformis. JAMA 1975;233(1):53-4
8. Jaramillo-Ayerbe F, Berrio-Munoz J. Ivermectin for crusted Norwegian scabies induced by use of topical steroids. Arch Dermatol 1998;134(2):143-5
9. Orkin M, Maibach HI. Current concepts in parasitology: this scabies pandemic. N Engl J Med 1978;298(9):496-8
10. Molinaro MJ, Schwartr RA, Janniger CK. Scabies. Cutis 1995;56(6);317-21
11. Brodell RT, Helms SE. Office dermatologic testing: the scabies preparation. Am Fam Physician 1991;44(2):505-8
12. Schultr MW, Gomez M, Hansen RC, et al. Comparative study of 5% permethrin cream and 1% lindane lotion for the treatment of scabies. Arch Dermatol 1990; 126(2):167-70
13. Meinking TL, Taplin D, Hermida JL, et al. The treatment of scabies with ivermectin. N Engl J Med 1995;333(1):26-30