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Dec 2nd, 2021 - Dermoscopic visualisation of crawling scabies mites in a centenarian with palmoplantar crusted scabies.|2021|Chen LL,Jiang Y,Qiu F,Fan YM,|

Dec 1st, 2021 - The microscopic mite Sarcoptes scabiei can burrow into the epidermis of human skin and cause scabies. Obtaining scabies mites from the skin for diagnosis can be challenging. We describe a method for extracting the scabies mite using the tip of a d...

Nov 18th, 2021 - St. Gallicanus Hospital in Rome, Italy, created by the will of Pope Benedict XIII (1649-1730) in 1725, was the first dermatologic hospital in the world. The strong bond between science and faith, humanitarian spirit and scientific research, and th...

Nov 17th, 2021 - To evaluate the risk factors for crusted scabies in children in France. The retrospective multicenter study, conducted in France, of children (aged < 18 years) with profuse and/or crusted scabies confirmed by dermoscopy and/or microscopy. Data wer...

Nov 16th, 2021 - A 14-year-old girl who reported generalized scaling and hyperkeratosis since age 1 year presented with severe pruritus of several months' duration. Scabies mites were detected, and molecular genetic analysis subsequently revealed a rare pathogenic...

Jun 27th, 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...

Aug 26th, 2021 - The ETSKABI study is a prospective, open-label, multicenter, initially single-armed and in case of treatment failure subsequently three-armed randomized clinical trial. Within the initial treatment phase, the to-date clinical efficacy of the stand...

Jun 18th, 2021 - Scabies is known to be a health issue of particular importance in marginal and autochthonous populations throughout the world. French Guiana is a French territory harbouring several autochthonous populations living in remote rainforest areas. The ...

May 21st, 2021 - In late 2019, an unidentified viral pneumonia was detected in Wuhan, China. Later, it was declared that it was pneumonia due to a new coronavirus. The World Health Organization (WHO) officially called it COVID-19 disease (Xie and Chen 2020). Iverm...

Jan 15th, 2021 - Overall COVID-19 is a multisystemic disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 that has become a pandemic largely due to a combination of favorable transmission and infection characteristics for its spread, including prolonged preclinical or also asymptomatic y...

Nov 13th, 2020 - It is unclear whether individual treatment of scabies is similarly effective compared to household treatment. This study therefore compares these two treatment strategies with topical benzyl benzoate for treating scabies in Lambaréné and surroundi...

Nov 8th, 2021 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. When state senators in South Carolina held two hearings in September about covid-19 treatments, they got an earful on the benefits of ivermectin —...

Aug 20th, 2021 - Infectious Disease Tembexa (brincidofovir) Brincidofovir is a prodrug of cidofovir. Brincidofovir effectively penetrates cells via its lipid conjugate, releasing the nucleotide analog cidofovir, which then acts to inhibit viral replication. Cidofo...

Jun 21st, 2021 - The 5-year-old had nodded off while waiting for her 10-year-old brother to be treated for scabies at the clinic in the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, which she currently calls home. Nurse Chai-Chih Huang asked if she wanted to be ta...

Apr 21st, 2021 - HAVANA (Reuters) - Dayana Rodriguez says her son is overwhelmed with scabies but she has not been able to find any of the treatments prescribed by their doctor at the poorly-stocked pharmacies in Havana so she is now turning to a herbal remedy ins...

Feb 23rd, 2021 - To the Editor: We report the case of an 83-year-old male nursing home resident with a history of end-stage renal disease who presented with multiple small white islands on the surface of the nail plate, similar to those seen in white superficial o.