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Laboratory Diagnosis of Scabies Using a Simple Saline Mount: A Clinical Microbiologist's Report.
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- A case report of medical laboratory confirmation of suspected scabies outbreak at Daara Madina Suwaneh, a quranic school located in Brufut Heights, The Gambia, 2025.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Skin infection by larva migrans and scabies mites: case reports on unusual skin localizations.Dermatology reports · 2025Article
- Scabies vaccines: where we stand and challenges ahead.Parasitology research · 2024Review
- Patterns of Common Dermatological Conditions among Children and Adolescents in Pakistan.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Crusted Scabies, a Neglected Tropical Disease: Case Series and Literature Review.Infectious disease reports · 2022Review
- Laboratory-based diagnosis of scabies: a review of the current status.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2022Review
- First description of sarcoptic mange in a wild coati (Nasua narica), in Ecuador, and cooccurrence of canine distemper virus.Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Orgao Oficial do Colegio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria · 2022Article
- A case of Norwegian scabies in a patient with leukemia cutis secondary to chronic lymphocytic leukemia.Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives · 2020Article
- Answer to September 2019 Photo Quiz.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Scabies is a skin condition caused by infestation of the mite Sarcoptes scabiei. Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis is an arthropod member belonging to the order Acarina. Scabies is present throughout the world and is prevalent in all age groups, mostly involving people frequently in contact with animals, children, women, and elderly people. Predisposing factors for scabies include individuals with immunosuppressive conditions and people residing under low socioeconomic conditions. Skin lesions that occur during mite infestation closely resemble dermatological disorders caused by microbes, including fungi, parasites, and viruses. Laboratory diagnosis of scabies greatly relies on an accurate clinical suspicion and the demonstration of mites in the skin scrapings could be used for confirmation. It should be noted that a greater understanding between a clinician or a dermatologist and a clinical microbiologist is required to successfully diagnose scabies. This report details an easily performed, cost-effective method, the simple saline mount, that a clinical microbiology laboratory should follow to successfully identify mites in skin scrapings.
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