Crusted Scabies


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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