Simple method of detecting sarcoptes scabiei var hominis mites among bedridden elderly patients suffering from severe scabies infestation using an adhesive-tape

Internal Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 857-859

  Katsumata, Kazuo ^a   Katsumata, Kazumi ^a  

^a Katsumata Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adhesive tape method; Alternative diagnosis; Bedridden elderly patients; Scabies infestation

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; LINDANE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIC; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM CARE; MICROSCOPY; MITE; NURSING CARE; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SKIN BIOPSY; STRATUM CORNEUM; TOE;

ADHESIVES; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BED REST; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES;

EID: 33747651632     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1707     Document Type: Article

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