Crusted scabies due to indiscriminate use of glucocorticoid therapy in infant

• Main Authors: Fernanda Carvalho da Rocha Lima (Author), Ana Maria Mósca Cerqueira (Author), Manuela Boleira Sieiro Guimarães (Author), Carolina Barbosa de Sousa Padilha (Author), Fernanda Helena Craide (Author), Marina Bombardelli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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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 at...