Facial involvement in scabies in infancy |
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| Authors: | N Haas G Stüttgen |
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| Institution: | Hautklinik und Hautpoliklinik, Freien Universit?t Berlin im Rudolf Virchow-Krankenhaus. |
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| Abstract: | The infestation of a 3-month-old child with Sarcoptes scabiei by way of infested nipples during the breast-feeding period led initially to facial papules and later to generalized dermatitis. Scabies mites were not detected on the face; studies on ten infested babies in India supported this findings. Thus, direct antiscabies treatment to the face is not necessary in babies. |
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