1. [Bullous scabies responding to ivermectin therapy].
- Author
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Galvany Rossell L, Salleras Redonnet M, and Umbert Millet P
- Subjects
- Acaricides pharmacology, Aged, Animals, Drug Resistance, False Negative Reactions, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect, Humans, Ivermectin pharmacology, Male, Pemphigoid, Bullous diagnosis, Permethrin pharmacology, Permethrin therapeutic use, Sarcoptes scabiei drug effects, Scabies diagnosis, Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous diagnosis, Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous parasitology, Acaricides therapeutic use, Diagnostic Errors, Ivermectin therapeutic use, Scabies drug therapy, Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous drug therapy
- Abstract
Bullous scabies is a rare disease that is usually diagnosed in elderly patients. The clinical, histological, and immunological findings are identical to bullous pemphigoid. In a review of the literature, we found reports of 24 cases. We present a new case of bullous scabies in a 72-year-old man. The lesions responded to treatment with oral ivermectin.
- Published
- 2010