Crusted scabies due to indiscriminate use of glucocorticoid therapy in infant
An. bras. dermatol
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92(3): 383-385, May-June 2017. graf
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Abstract Crusted or Norwegian scabies is a parasitic infectious disease caused by Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis that mainly affects immunocompromised individuals and those with neurological patients. We report a case of crusted scabies in a 4-month-old infant who had been treated erroneously for atopic dermatitis with high doses of corticosteroids. This initial misdiagnosis associated with the abusive use of corticosteroid facilitated the evolution of scabies to crusted scabies and its main complications of secondary infection and sepsis.
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Main subject:
Scabies
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Sepsis
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Permethrin
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Glucocorticoids
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
An. bras. dermatol
Journal subject:
Dermatology
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
General Polyclinic of Rio de Janeiro/BR
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