Scabies is an intensely pruritic disorder induced by a delayed type hypersensitivity reaction to infestation of the skin by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei. The diagnosis of scabies is established clinically and confirmed by identifying mites or eggs by microscopic examination of scrapings from the skin or by surface microscopy using a dermatoscope. Reflectance-mode confocal microscopy is a novel te...

Human scabies affects all social classes and different races around the world. It is highly contagious, but the exact figures on its prevalence are unknown. A 19-year-old male patient was admitted to the emergency room reporting fever (38°C) and multiple lesions throughout the body, except face, soles, and palms. Lesions were non-pruritic, which hampered the initial diagnostic suspicion. Skin b...

Amaç: Patates yetiştiriciliğinde ekim alanı en geniş olan ilimiz, 238 bin dekar ile Niğde’dir. yetiştirilen alanlarda ürün kayıplarına neden etmenlerin başında hastalık ve zararlılar gelmektedir. Bu hastalıklardan önemlilerinden bir tanesi toprak kökenli patojen Streptomyces türlerinin olduğu Adi Uyuz hastalığıdır. çalışmada, patates üretiminin oldukça yoğun şekilde yapıldığı Niğde ilinde yetiş...

Scabies is an infestation of the skin by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis that results in an intensely pruritic eruption with a characteristic distribution pattern. The estimated prevalence ranges from 0.2 to 71 percent, with as many as 100 million people affected worldwide (Romani 2015). Transmission of scabies is usually from person to person by direct contact, by wearing or handling h...

Objective: Scabies-associated glomerulonephritis (SGN) is often seen in certain populations, but little is known about its incidence, clinical characteristics, prognosis and pathogenesis. Methodology: 376 patients with scabies were enrolled and divided into scabies-alone group (group A) and SGN group (group B) based on the presence or absence of glomerulonephritis. Clinical indicators and vario...

background and aims: scabies is a common worldwide parasitic contagious disease caused by sarcoptes scabiei of the order of astigmata of the family of sarcoptidae. therefore, this review is to determine the exact status of scabies in iran in order to manage it better. methods: on the whole, out of the 120 articles and books, 56 ones were covered based on items such as study purpose, date of pub...

An epidemiological survey was undertaken from March to September 2010 to assess the prevalence and zoonotic aspects of scabies in small ruminants in two agro-ecological zones in southern Benin. Small ruminant (n = 444) smallholders and 1,807 of their animals (1,233 West African dwarf goats and 574 West African dwarf sheep) were included in the study. The animals underwent physical examination a...