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Scabies

MedGen UID:
48566
Concept ID:
C0036262
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: infestation by Sarcoptes scabiei; Infestation by Sarcoptes scabiei var hominis; infestation by Sarcoptes scabiei var hominis; Infestation caused by Sarcoptes scabiei var hominis; Sarcoptes scabiei caused disease or disorder; Sarcoptes scabiei disease or disorder; Sarcoptes scabiei infectious disease; Sarcoptic itch; sarcoptic itch; scabies
SNOMED CT: Scabies (128869009); Sarcoptic itch (128869009); Infestation by Sarcoptes scabiei var hominis (128869009); Infestation caused by Sarcoptes scabiei var hominis (128869009)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0004525

Definition

A contagious skin infection that is caused by the burrowing parasitic mite, Sarcoptes scabiei, and is characterized by intense itching and small, raised red spots in the area of the mite burrows. [from NCI]

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PubMed

Sunderkötter C, Wohlrab J, Hamm H
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2021 Oct 15;118(41):695-704. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.m2021.0296. PMID: 34615594Free PMC Article
Gunning K, Kiraly B, Pippitt K
Am Fam Physician 2019 May 15;99(10):635-642. PMID: 31083883
Salavastru CM, Chosidow O, Boffa MJ, Janier M, Tiplica GS
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2017 Aug;31(8):1248-1253. Epub 2017 Jun 22 doi: 10.1111/jdv.14351. PMID: 28639722

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Ertugrul G, Aktas H
Dermatol Ther 2022 Dec;35(12):e15897. Epub 2022 Oct 17 doi: 10.1111/dth.15897. PMID: 36193643
Sunderkötter C, Wohlrab J, Hamm H
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2021 Oct 15;118(41):695-704. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.m2021.0296. PMID: 34615594Free PMC Article
Bernigaud C, Fischer K, Chosidow O
Acta Derm Venereol 2020 Apr 20;100(9):adv00112. doi: 10.2340/00015555-3468. PMID: 32207535Free PMC Article
Engelman D, Yoshizumi J, Hay RJ, Osti M, Micali G, Norton S, Walton S, Boralevi F, Bernigaud C, Bowen AC, Chang AY, Chosidow O, Estrada-Chavez G, Feldmeier H, Ishii N, Lacarrubba F, Mahé A, Maurer T, Mahdi MMA, Murdoch ME, Pariser D, Nair PA, Rehmus W, Romani L, Tilakaratne D, Tuicakau M, Walker SL, Wanat KA, Whitfeld MJ, Yotsu RR, Steer AC, Fuller LC
Br J Dermatol 2020 Nov;183(5):808-820. Epub 2020 Mar 29 doi: 10.1111/bjd.18943. PMID: 32034956Free PMC Article
Leung AKC, Lam JM, Leong KF
Curr Pediatr Rev 2020;16(1):33-42. doi: 10.2174/1573396315666190717114131. PMID: 31544694

Diagnosis

Sunderkötter C, Wohlrab J, Hamm H
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2021 Oct 15;118(41):695-704. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.m2021.0296. PMID: 34615594Free PMC Article
Richards RN
J Cutan Med Surg 2021 Jan-Feb;25(1):95-101. Epub 2020 Sep 30 doi: 10.1177/1203475420960446. PMID: 32998532
Arora P, Rudnicka L, Sar-Pomian M, Wollina U, Jafferany M, Lotti T, Sadoughifar R, Sitkowska Z, Goldust M
Dermatol Ther 2020 Jul;33(4):e13746. Epub 2020 Jul 6 doi: 10.1111/dth.13746. PMID: 32484302
Leung AKC, Lam JM, Leong KF
Curr Pediatr Rev 2020;16(1):33-42. doi: 10.2174/1573396315666190717114131. PMID: 31544694
Gunning K, Kiraly B, Pippitt K
Am Fam Physician 2019 May 15;99(10):635-642. PMID: 31083883

Therapy

Widaty S, Miranda E, Cornain EF, Rizky LA
J Infect Dev Ctries 2022 Feb 28;16(2):244-251. doi: 10.3855/jidc.15222. PMID: 35298417
Sunderkötter C, Wohlrab J, Hamm H
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2021 Oct 15;118(41):695-704. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.m2021.0296. PMID: 34615594Free PMC Article
Richards RN
J Cutan Med Surg 2021 Jan-Feb;25(1):95-101. Epub 2020 Sep 30 doi: 10.1177/1203475420960446. PMID: 32998532
Leung AKC, Lam JM, Leong KF
Curr Pediatr Rev 2020;16(1):33-42. doi: 10.2174/1573396315666190717114131. PMID: 31544694
Gunning K, Kiraly B, Pippitt K
Am Fam Physician 2019 May 15;99(10):635-642. PMID: 31083883

Prognosis

Mbuagbaw L, Sadeghirad B, Morgan RL, Mertz D, Motaghi S, Ghadimi M, Babatunde I, Zani B, Pasumarthi T, Derby M, Kothapudi VN, Palmer NR, Aebischer A, Harder T, Reichert F
Br J Dermatol 2024 Jan 23;190(2):163-173. doi: 10.1093/bjd/ljad308. PMID: 37625798
Leung AKC, Lam JM, Leong KF
Curr Pediatr Rev 2020;16(1):33-42. doi: 10.2174/1573396315666190717114131. PMID: 31544694
Rosamilia LL
Semin Cutan Med Surg 2014 Sep;33(3):106-9. doi: 10.12788/j.sder.0103. PMID: 25577847
Hay RJ, Johns NE, Williams HC, Bolliger IW, Dellavalle RP, Margolis DJ, Marks R, Naldi L, Weinstock MA, Wulf SK, Michaud C, J L Murray C, Naghavi M
J Invest Dermatol 2014 Jun;134(6):1527-1534. Epub 2013 Oct 28 doi: 10.1038/jid.2013.446. PMID: 24166134
Heukelbach J, Feldmeier H
Lancet 2006 May 27;367(9524):1767-74. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68772-2. PMID: 16731272

Clinical prediction guides

Butler DC, Berger T, Elmariah S, Kim B, Chisolm S, Kwatra SG, Mollanazar N, Yosipovitch G
JAMA 2024 Jun 25;331(24):2114-2124. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.4899. PMID: 38809527
Mbuagbaw L, Sadeghirad B, Morgan RL, Mertz D, Motaghi S, Ghadimi M, Babatunde I, Zani B, Pasumarthi T, Derby M, Kothapudi VN, Palmer NR, Aebischer A, Harder T, Reichert F
Br J Dermatol 2024 Jan 23;190(2):163-173. doi: 10.1093/bjd/ljad308. PMID: 37625798
Leung AKC, Lam JM, Leong KF
Curr Pediatr Rev 2020;16(1):33-42. doi: 10.2174/1573396315666190717114131. PMID: 31544694
Rosales Santillan M, Taylor DL, Reichenberg JS
G Ital Dermatol Venereol 2018 Aug;153(4):497-505. Epub 2018 Apr 18 doi: 10.23736/S0392-0488.18.05984-9. PMID: 29667798
Salavastru CM, Chosidow O, Boffa MJ, Janier M, Tiplica GS
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2017 Aug;31(8):1248-1253. Epub 2017 Jun 22 doi: 10.1111/jdv.14351. PMID: 28639722

Recent systematic reviews

Mbuagbaw L, Sadeghirad B, Morgan RL, Mertz D, Motaghi S, Ghadimi M, Babatunde I, Zani B, Pasumarthi T, Derby M, Kothapudi VN, Palmer NR, Aebischer A, Harder T, Reichert F
Br J Dermatol 2024 Jan 23;190(2):163-173. doi: 10.1093/bjd/ljad308. PMID: 37625798
Tang M, Hu X, Wang Y, Yao X, Zhang W, Yu C, Cheng F, Li J, Fang Q
Pharmacol Res 2021 Jan;163:105207. Epub 2020 Sep 21 doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2020.105207. PMID: 32971268Free PMC Article
May PJ, Tong SYC, Steer AC, Currie BJ, Andrews RM, Carapetis JR, Bowen AC
Trop Med Int Health 2019 Mar;24(3):280-293. Epub 2019 Jan 28 doi: 10.1111/tmi.13198. PMID: 30582783Free PMC Article
Rosumeck S, Nast A, Dressler C
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2018 Apr 2;4(4):CD012994. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012994. PMID: 29608022Free PMC Article
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