Case report
Crusted Scabies
Author Details
1. Resident, Dept. of Dermatology and Venereology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbagh, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh.
2. Professor, Dept. of Dermatology and Venereology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbagh, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh.
Abstract Crusted scabies (Norwegian scabies) is an extremely contagious variety of scabies in which millions of
mites inhabit in skin. It occurs more frequently in people who have immune suppression due to a disease
or medical treatment. Patients with crusted scabies typically have thicker, fissured hyperkeratotic crust. In
the context of the application of topical corticosteroids, we describe the case of a 17-year-old patient who
had hyperkeratotic scabies. He was successfully treated by using a combination of topical permethrin and
oral Ivermectin. |
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