Scabies herpeticum, an emerging clinical form of crusted scabies in AIDS patient: case report and literature review

Trends in prevalence and incidence of scabies from 1990 to 2017: findings from the global Burden of disease study 2017

“…For instance, scabies outbreaks in residential and nursing care homes for elderly people are becoming common with growing numbers of the elderly worldwide [5]. As a severe form, crusted scabies mainly occurs in the elderly people or those with weakened immune systems, which is difficult to diagnose and with greater complications [8][9][10]. Therefore, the prevalence and incidence of scabies might be underreported in GBD, and more attention should be paid to scabies control among these groups.…”

“…Thus, it is important to wash all bedding, clothes, and towels in hot water and dry them by the hot cycle. If some objects could not be washed, these can be decontaminated via isolating them from human skin in a sealed plastic bag for 1 week [8,9]. Additionally, all people living in the same household with the patient need to be treated [10].…”

Drug eruption-like scabies surrepticius: an uncommonly described variant of scabies appearing in a non-classic clinical presentation

“…Scabies herpeticum-referring to mite-related lesions that have become infected by herpes simplex virus-can appear as superficial ulcers. This atypical, albeit less commonly reported, appearance of scabies may delay the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of the mite infestation [51,52].…”