ALLMedicine™ Scabies Center

Sep 1st, 2020 - Scabies is a significant contributor to global morbidity, affecting approximately 200 million people at any time. Scabies is endemic in many resource-limited tropical settings. Bacterial skin infection (impetigo) frequently complicates scabies inf...

Aug 31st, 2020 - Scabies is a contagious dermatosis. The risk factors for its transmission remain unclear. A scabies outbreak, involving patients who were receiving chemotherapy for haematological malignancies, occurred at our hospital. The outbreak population was...

Aug 22nd, 2020 - Scabies (caused by Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis) and pediculosis (caused by Pediculus humanus) are infectious diseases common in educational institutions and long-term care centres. The aim of the study was to assess the scale of the phenomenon ...

Aug 18th, 2020 - Scabies is a common contagious skin disease. With the economic growth in South Korea, the incidence of scabies has decreased. However, with the recent advancements in medical facilities, mainly the establishment of long-term care hospitals (LTCHs)...

Aug 7th, 2020 - As a Traditional Chinese Medicine, Artemisia annua L. (A. annua) has been used for the treatment of various diseases since ancient times, including intermittent fevers due to malaria, bone steaming and heat/fever arising from exhaustion, tuberculo...

May 31st, 2017 - In the current work, we present our new guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of scabies which we, the Executive Committee convened by the Japanese Dermatological Association, developed to ensure proper diagnosis and treatment of scabies in Ja...

Jun 17th, 2011 - Transmission of the mite Sarcoptes scabiei generally occurs by protracted direct body contact; although in crusted scabies, transmission also occurs via infected clothing or bedding. Diagnosis is usually clinical and topical antiscabietics are the...

Jun 26th, 2008 - The guideline has been prepared by the Japanese Dermatological Association to ensure proper diagnosis and treatment of scabies, as oral therapy became available on August 2006 under health insurance and its clinical use was expected to increase. F...

Sep 5th, 2020 - SPL UNCLASSIFIED SECTION Description: Lime Sulfur cream is for treatment of non-specific dermatitis and parasites in dogs, cats, puppies and kittens. Antimicrobial and Antifungal properties of Lime Sulfur treat mange, ringworm, fungus and scabies....

Sep 1st, 2020 - Scabies is a significant contributor to global morbidity, affecting approximately 200 million people at any time. Scabies is endemic in many resource-limited tropical settings. Bacterial skin infection (impetigo) frequently complicates scabies inf...

Aug 31st, 2020 - Scabies is a contagious dermatosis. The risk factors for its transmission remain unclear. A scabies outbreak, involving patients who were receiving chemotherapy for haematological malignancies, occurred at our hospital. The outbreak population was...

Aug 24th, 2020 - Overview Scabies Open pop-up dialog box Close Scabies Scabies Scabies is caused by tiny mites that burrow into your skin. Scabies is an itchy skin condition caused by a tiny burrowing mite called Sarcoptes scabiei. Intense itching occurs in the ar...

Aug 24th, 2020 - Diagnosis To diagnose scabies, your doctor examines your skin, looking for signs of mites, including the characteristic burrows. When your doctor locates a mite burrow, he or she may take a scraping from that area of your skin to examine under a m...

Mar 28th, 2020 - When to suspect mycosis fungoides “Mycosis fungoides is a great masquerader,” the dermatologist observed. For that reason, it deserves to be included in the differential diagnosis of an atypical psoriasiform or eczematoid rash, any new-onset rash.

Jan 28th, 2020 - 3 diagnostic missteps to avoid Misdiagnosis is often due to an overreliance on the clinical history without performing an adequate physical exam. In such cases, the physician often diagnoses a form of dermatitis as the cause of pruritic rash.

Jun 19th, 2019 - The best way to ensure that I’ll run late in clinic is to start late. I avoid such delayed starts as scabies, yet, sometimes it’s unavoidable.

Jun 13th, 2019 - The study applied standard-of-care scabies treatment to residents of one island; here, all residents of the island were assessed for scabies, and those who received a clinical diagnosis of scabies, along with family members and close contacts, wer.

Mar 22nd, 2019 - WAIKOLOA, HAWAII – It’s easy to misdiagnose scabies in infants because it doesn’t present with the usual signs and symptoms in this age group. “It’s really important to think of scabies in any widespread rash that a baby presents with,” said Andre.